CRUEL METHODS.
RABBIT-TRAPPER FINED. ißy Telcrranh—'l'reis Association.) Auckland, March 20. Extraordinary revelations regarding the methods adopted by rabbit-trappers were made in tho Police Court to-day, when a rabbiter was charged ou the information of the Society for (he Prevention of Cruelty to Animals with keeping live rabbits with broken legs. The defendant admitted the offence. Mr. Matthews said that (hero were features connected with the case that probably his Worship had never dreamt of. The defendant was a rabbiter at Kanaka, which was almost uninhabited. Ho caught rabbits—among other ways, in rattraps—and in nine eases out of ten their logs were broken. The wounded animals were then placed in a cage, until there were enough of them to send to (own. The defendant stated the custom was a usual one in Australia, and no notice was taken of it. He had no desire, however, to disobey tho Now Zealand law. His Worship'said that the act of catching rabbits in such a manner was, of course, cruel, and must not be done. It had, however, been done more or less thoughtlessly. For that reason, he would convict him and order bim (o pay co-Is (325.). ,
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1394, 21 March 1912, Page 7
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194CRUEL METHODS. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1394, 21 March 1912, Page 7
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