DOG POISONING.
TO TWO HMTOIt OJ/* "MM H'l'All. . Bin,—Your correspondent " Bufl!erer" flays " that dogs and cats aro now a nulsanco, aud must bo put down," Allowing thnt thoy aro so, I would nflk him If ho npprovos of tho diabolioiil, iwllnorimlnato, and wholcsnio polHonings that have latoly lakon placo, During tho last wcok some Hcoundrol or scoundrola havo Hcattorod poison broadcast through tho city, and the result in thntanumbor of rogistorcd, valuable, and harmless dogs havo beon ruthlessly destroyed, some of tho poor brutes sufllorltig tho groatost agony for hours, The mallelous'and wnnton spirit in which It has beon dono, in proved by tho fact that In two Instances doga havo bcon poisoned whilo on tlio chain, Notwithstanding what "SuHeror" says to tho contrary, I infer from his lottor that ho iustlilos those cruel nnd unjust proaocdings, but lam sure tho publio viow tlicm with horror and detestation. Thore aro many wnys of " putting the nulsnnco down" (If lt really exists), without committing audi Injustice and barbarity. Boing nit owner, and also a great ndinlror of theso noblo oroaturos, I will gladly contribute to a fund for investigating, and if possible, punishing tho scoundrels who havo porpotratod this cruelty. Your obedlont sorvnnt, JUBTIOIS,
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 45, 6 July 1868, Page 3
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