ANIMAL WELFARE WEEK

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19437, 24 October 1925, Page 23 (Supplement)

ANIMAL WELFARE WEEK

THROUGHOUT DOMINION. Animal Welfare Week will be held from Sunday, October 25, to Saturday, October 31, being organised as previously by Mr J. A. Forbes, of Oamaru. In the circular dealing with the subject Mr Forbes says: —“The efforts made by churches, schools, and other institutions on the last two occasions impel us to believe that this year’sAnim,al Welfare Week will result in a still kinder, wiser, and more considerate treatment of dumb and defenceless creatures. It should surely be unnecessary in a civilised country -to plead for those who cannot plead for themselves. The fact remains, however, that there is unfortunately a great deal of cruelty indulged in, much of it no doubt the result of ignorance and want of thought. What is most particularly needed is a concentrated and combined movement by all interested in young people to educate our boys and girls to a realisation of the fact that animals have certain rights which must be recognised. This is, of course, manifestly of consequence, not only to the animals, but also in the true interests of the boys and girls themselves. ■ School teachers, nowadays, are not slow to acknowledge that the teaching of kindness to animals has a most marked influence in the conduct of their pupils. The co-operation and assistance is, therefore, invoked of all churches, educational and moral reform bodies as well as all newspapers in the Dominion, so that this year’s Animal Welfare Week will, to a large i extent, be succesful in accomplishing ! the objects in view. ’ ’ Clergymen are asked to preach a sermon on Sunday, October 25, on the duty of kindness to animals.