CARE FOR ANIMALS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1886, 22 October 1913, Page 11

CARE FOR ANIMALS.

♦ - THE NOMAD DOGS OF THE CITY. The fortnightly meeting of the Wellington branch of the S.P.C.A. was held last night at Mr. A. H. Anderson's office, Mr. R. H. Webb presiding. \ The following subscriptions were acknowledged:—Mr. H. r. Hawson, £1 Is.; Mr. C. Smith and To Aro House, 10s. Od. each; Kirkpatrick and Co., Dr. It. A. Capieron, Mrs. T. Young, Union Clothing Co., and Gaudin and Son, ss. each; Mrs. Langton, Mrs. Mills, Miss Crawford, Mr. J. M. Campbell, and "Friend," 2s. 6d. each: total, £3 19s. 6d. In roply to a query as to alleged cruelty in tho sealing industry in Now Zealand, the Christchurch Society wroto that they had inquired of Mr. E. R. * Waite, tho Curator of tho Canterbury Museum, for any information that lie could supply, and in his reply ho said, "I do not think you can lay any charge of cruelty. Tho animals are killed expeditiously, and thcro is probably no more suffering than is usually associated with death." Inspector Seed presented a summary of tho principal closes which had come under his notico during tho last fortnight, and after considerable discussion on tho finding by him of a lame clog hi Ingestre Street, it was decided that the cha.irman should interview tho City Council, with the object of arranging for the dealing with all such injured dogs which were ownerless. It was intimated that the City Council was prepared to give tho society a fairly substantial subsidy, and it was added that at Christchurch this work was done by tho Animals' Protection Society. Inspector Seed remarked that lie was often appealed to when a dog was in- • jural, and ho always attended to it, but his difficulty was that ho had nowhere to take an injured animal. Ho • could find the owners of horses and cows, but tlieso dogs had no collar on them. Mr. Scott was employed by tho City Council to look after these dogs. Tho chairman, referring to the resignation of Mr. J. D. Avery, suggested that tho report should contain a reference to tho valuable work which ho had done as secretary. Mr. llott asked if that would be wise, adding that Mr. Avery had only been in offico a year, and in future any officer would bo a marked man if the report did not contain a similar reference to his work. Tho chairman thereupon agreed to merely mention the matter in his address at tho annual meeting, which is to bo held next month. It was reported by a lady that coming over tho Rinmtaka by train she saw sheep and lambs apparently starving. They had eaten into tho clay in many places. This matter was deferred for inquiry.