LIVE-HARE COURSING
REQUEST TO PRIME MINISTER
(By. Telegraph—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, October 15: A .decision to make,representations to : the ; Prime Minister to : have the Police Offences Act'amended so that it would constitute an' offence to course hares.in an enclosed area:was reached by the Otago: Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at its monthly . meeting . today. Communications were . received from the .. Auckland, Taranaki, Wellington; ■ Canterbury, Timaru, Poverty Bay, and Waikato Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals commending the. action of the Otago society' in endeavouring to bring about the prohibition of the' coursing of live hares, and'three individual persons, including the Rev. C. L. Carr, M.P., president of the Federation of New Zealand ' S.P.C.A., also wrote upholding the society's stand.
The chairman, Mr. .E. C. Reynolds, said that as'the Otago society was not affiliated to the New Zealand Federation it could not-forward any representation to the Prime Minister through the federation, but -it . could ask Mr. Carr, as a private member, to place its request before Mr. Fraser, and other societies could then be advised of the step.
Mr. J. C. Willis said that New Zealand lagged far behind Great Britain in legislation dealing with f cruelty to animals. The only laws on the subject in the Dominion consisted of a few clauses in the Police Offences Act.
It was decided to ask Mr. Carr to approach the Prime Minister and place the society's request for an amendment of • the Act before him.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 93, 16 October 1940, Page 7
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245LIVE-HARE COURSING Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 93, 16 October 1940, Page 7
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