WANDERING STOCK.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1082, 1 April 1913, Page 2

WANDERING STOCK.

Ck. Adams is considering the advisability of giving notice of motion to the Council to bring in a by-law dealing with wandering stock. He states that the stock nuisance is growing to such an extent in the borough that drastic steps will have to be taken to deal with it- His idea is to Irame a by-law compelling owners ot stock, poultry, etc., to take out a license and if such stock or feathered belongings become a nuisance to neighbours or the public, the license to be cancelled. We agree with Or. Adams that the time has arrived for the Council to seriously consider the advisability of prohibiting the herding and milking of cows in the borough, although we question whether our population is sufficiently congested to prohibit the keeping of fowls by residents, but from a health point of view, fowl houses need more caretul supervision. The law, as it stands, affords residents protection against wandering stock, and if substantial damages were imposed upon those owners who allow their cattle to trample private lawns and gardens they would find it cheaper to give the long acre a wide berth as a grazing area. People have no right to keep stock unless they have ample and safe accommodation lor them. However, something should be done to prohibit stock from wandering in the streets and it is the Council's duty to see that the ranger is kept up to his duties.