DOGS FOUND DEAD

Hokitika Guardian, 24 August 1933, Page 6

DOGS FOUND DEAD

TWO DOZEN GREYHOUNDS IN VAN

'•: • ~;: lonhon, August - 1a.:... . f The. discovery of 24' dead greyhounds in a furniture wan on its arrival at , the Rochester, grey-hound’ iiicing, stadium .led "to fom’ men being- Summoned at Rochester.

'William Elijah Smith and William Robert Henry Smith ; were fined £2 "each for cruelty to the dogs in conveying them. Abraham Kaplan, the owner, was fined £2O for permitting them to 'be conveyed. Harry Vile, greyhound trainer, was fined £2 for causing the dogs to be conveyed lin a manner to give them unnecessary Buffering. Mr John Williams, for th e R.S.P.C. Association, 'said Kaplan wag connected with the greyhound racing track a't Dover, and arranged with the Smiths to convey the greyhounds to Rochester. A furniture van was used, into which practically no air could get; At least 43 dogs were placed in the van, which was 14ft. Bin. in length and 6ft. lOin. in width.

Kaplan said Vile .was in charge of the dogs..He had nothing to do with the loading of them 1 into the van. Counsel for the defendants Smith contended that they were no responsible than was the drive,, of -an : exprc%s train to which -a ‘horse-box. was ; attached.