CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
to the editor. ,-; >■ . JVt: Sib,— Although only a visitor'to, youtj| town, I cannot leave without protostim^fi against the inhuman cruelty to'horbw^ practised by some drivers of vehiqles.'f-rjtf allude more particularly to the carters" of -~$ wool. The method employed oanno ( t. bo's* called driving ; the horses are simply^ lashed until by accident they oun Mt'nmble'4' on what is required of them. By the'timell even an empty cart is baoked up to the"^ doors, the horse is panting and quivering 5^ with agony. The language -used is 'absb-jf| lutely disgraceful,' and would-not *be^al-;g lowed in any other town ; but that sinkaSs into insignificance in comparison with thei| intense cruelty one is compelled to wlt^f ness. What are the police about ?' f ', Anfej why is thero no branoh of the Society focM the Prevention of Cruelty to Animsls'ißGS Wanganui? Is' this our toasted?; ntoej-|i teenth century civilisation ? ' Earneljtiy|| asking your help 'in- this matter?'-! anys| qtc.j ■ ' ' » Pauvee CgßVAifi';}i^
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9644, 17 January 1899, Page 2
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158CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9644, 17 January 1899, Page 2
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