The Little Brown Dog.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIV, Issue 10, 9 March 1910, Page 37

The Little Brown Dog.

In regard to the removal of the memorial to **a little brown dog,” mention ed in the cable messages recently, Mr. \V. H. Zouch. secretary of the Society for the Prevention of 4’ruelt \ to Animals at Christchurch, has supplied information which showts that the memorial was unveiled in the Izitchmere Recreation Ground, Battersea, by the Mayor of that town, in 1906. The fountain w »s

presented by the International AntiVivisection Council, and was constructed in memory of a little brown dog whose bronze model surmounts it. On one side of the fountain there is the following incseription:—"ln memory of the brown terrier dog done to death in the laboratories of University College, in February, I'lo3, after having endured vivisection extending over more than two months, and having .been handed over from one vivi-M-etor to another, until death came to his release.” The fountain cost £l3O, which was raised by subscriptions

amongst the members of the International Anti-Vivisection Council, who first of all applied to the London County Council for permission to erect the foun tain in Battersea Park. Failing to get this permission, they presented the fountain to the Borough Council. An action for libel was threatened, and was at first derided by the Battersea councillors, but finally the Council put its seal to an agreement under which the International Anti-Vivisection Council undertook to indemnify the corporation against all risks.