PERFORMING ANIMALS
PROHIBITIVE LEGISLATION. SUGGESTIONS OF CRUELTY. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z, Cable Association. (Received 9.40 a.m.) London, March 24. In the House of Commons. General R. B. Colvin (M.P. for Eppflng), in moving the second reading of the Performing Animals’ Prohibition Bill, said it was not intended to prohibit performances, but., to • prevent cruelty. Performances by apes and chimpanzees, which easily lost selfcontrol, should l>e prohibited, while lions, tigers, and hyenas should he placed under a special committee ol supervision. Mr J. O’Grady (Labor member for Leeds), in moving the rejection of the Bill, asked why .steeplechasing and coursing should not f oo equally prohibited. The Bill was due to prejudice, and would destroy industry' worth at least a million and ahalf.
Other members iput the showmens point of view, denying cruelty on the part of animal-tranters. The Bill was read a second time by 169 votes to 35.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 75, 26 March 1923, Page 5
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