STRAY ANIMALS.
Sir, —I notice in yonr issue of Wednesday a paragraph quoted from a report of a meeting of the Christchureh Women Citizens' Association, in which a speaker deprecated the measures taken for the destruction of stray or unwanted animals in Christchureh—namely, by drowning in a tank—comparing her city unfavourably with Dunedin and Wellington, where the lethal chamber is in use, and Auckland, "where animals are electrocuted." May I correct this statement'! Wo do not electrocute. Wo had a lethal chamber, but its working was unsatisfactory, and owing to the offtjrts of the S.P.C.A. it was closed until such time as it could be made effective. Pending this, the animals are shot by means of the "humane-killer" and death is instantaneous. There is, however, a great need for a home for stray animals in Auckland, on the lines of those in the cities overseas, where such animals would be taken and cared for until returned to their homes, or new ones found for them, and would bo destroyed only as a Inst resort. The S.P.C.A. is making an effort at the present timo in this direction. E. Brooke-Smith. Secretary, S.P.C.A., Auckland.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20594, 19 June 1930, Page 14
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