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!■-'. , To THE EdIIOE. v Sia.-Ihreading over your paper of; v ,' yesterday I noticed in the locals a state-. - mentwhjeh. referred to the brutal treat-"'! ment by someone in Queenrstreet to a V poor dog, which BUggebbed the question to'my mind "Is there not an Act entitled - 'The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals?'" Lhave long understood so,- and I often wonder how it is that the. powers of the Act to which I;=have referred are not enforced in Masterton. 1 think, sir, that it is often needed,'and should be brought to bear smartly on those whose brutal propensities going unchecked appear to make them believe a license to punish and torture thewute. creation as their.own. savage will dictates, I am, etc., Christian Sympathy. P.S.—l would not confine my remarks . strictly to Masterton. There is much of this abuse indulged in throughout the Wainrapa, and probably throughout the colony. '.. ''.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 2160, 2 December 1885, Page 2
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148CORRESPONDENCE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 2160, 2 December 1885, Page 2
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