ANIMAL LOVER
WOMAN'S BEQUESTS CRUELTY PREVENTION NATIVE BIRD SOCIETY (■Reed. 10.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, Nov. 26 In tlie belief that "rough and cruel treatment of God's creatures had a brutalising effect on the human race," a former New Zealand woman farmer, Miss Ann Young, of Feilding, has left the bulk of her estate for the benefit of dumb animals. The will, sitting out her reasons, was lodged for probate in Sydney to-day. Miss Young's New South Wales estate is valued at £5409. She also left estate in New Zealand. She bequeathed £3OOO to various charities, together with a legacy of £IOOO to the Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand "to encourage the protection of New Zealand's beautiful native bush." The residue of the estate is divided between all societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals in New Zealand. Miss Young disclosed that her brothers and sisters were in good circumstances, but her own position in life was due entirely to her personal efforts as a farmer and the exercise of thrift. "I have been a lover of dumb animals all my life, and the rough and cruel treatment to which they are often unnecessarily subjected has greatly impressed me," she said.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24133, 27 November 1941, Page 8
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