PLUMES AT FUNERALS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1921, 2 December 1913, Page 7

PLUMES AT FUNERALS.

LONDON* UXBERTAKEBS DIVIDED. Notices" recently -appeared . iit_ many - uiidertnlwiV establishments in :„.to tho effect that after January 1 next tki use of funeral ■plumes will bo ■ discontinued. Tho movement originated with the London Centre of tho . British Undertakers' Assoeiation, who, as' a result of' a protracted inquiry, camo to tho coucluskro that tho im or •funeral plumen on horses "often entails 'siilft'tiu): ami discomfort to tho animals." This derision has been cir•eulated by tho It.S.J'.C.A., which is reminding undertakers that the Protre- • tiofi of Animals' Act,- IfHl, forbids _tho iiivl'iction of '"niiy tinn;-'COs:-rii'y Kulfev<h ..jiigi'f, upon- any animals.- tjiulcrtakors, .."anoro. ospeciji!ly' those.at the psorer districts, uro far from nimiiiminis in Urn matter. Many declare that they would! •ho jrlad to diseofltinuo the jiro of pinnies, iji.it that there is u eonsiclerablo "•pnMid cleMMll.l' , foF them. A South London undertaker explainedto a "Daily Ne\r»R-representative, on '"tho question of "Cruelty, "that it was ' 'kreely a matter of tho .kind of liorso employed. Some animals wore suitable for the work and some were not, Tho i.ihiines wero not exceedingly heavy, bwfc it often happened that torses bad to bear them over a route of several miles, .ami lit these eases no'"doubt sonM! snfler'iilji .\va.s ilf'llk'icd. It is sagjjesteii that in" face of a public demand for pinnies' the question. of cruelty should he decided by a. teat case in the Court-;...