CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
■ Sir,—Eeports. reach us intbe southof th« cr.uelty shown to,horses in Wellington. Cannot it be prevented P , A eity s from whence our laws.are sent should sorely be better controlled in this respect. It is diffioult to. write calmly on the subject, but I do believe, it is a-casoof ~ "evil being wrought by want o{ thought," te :, Tom Hood. wrote'of another ■ fontt'. ok selfish ■ unkindness'in bis poem "The Lady's Dreaml". .' The clergy refuse" to speak, for the creatures, so.it/ falE'to laymen: todo so. Do .theysup-.; ~ I pose man and ■ woman only are. dear to the ■ I great Creator 'of.aUP- These.'dumb .creaturos;' have a voice; that will one .day be heard, for, or against us. In accounts of. the Judgment, I there is much- mention .of., oreatures,. and .'we", may be6ure we.have an account, to give of. our; treatment of them. Kindness makes thoso who use'its powers very happy. Let them try.it. A horse is so valuable a/help to .man,, we are. base indeed to■ ill-treat, suoh. a .friend.—l.am, etc, •■■ .' ■ - ... ■....,'• .-.'.' .':■>'' .'. •., • .. MEIJCX Timaru, .September H. ........ '
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 622, 27 September 1909, Page 8
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175CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 622, 27 September 1909, Page 8
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