KIHIKIHI.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2983, 27 August 1891, Page 2

KIHIKIHI.

Dastardly Conduct.—My attention has lately been drawn to tho infamous and cruel behaviour] of some unknown individual, and it is with regret that I have reason to censure such conduct. A gentleman having occasion to leave home on some business, was compelled to remain at a certain township for the night. Ho had with him his dog. On proceeding home the following morning, he observed that the dog appeared rather stiff, and very loth to travel, but not dreaming of anything being amiss, journeyed along without investigation. On reaching home he was again called away, but this time leaving the dog behind. On returning, several days after, finding the dog to bo in a very bad state, he thereupon made an elimination, which revoaled tho fact that soma evil-disposed person had been trifling with it. A piece of string had been tightly tied around a portion of the animal's body in such a manner as cannot bo particularised in the columns of a newspaper, thereby subjecting tho dog to intense pain. The discovery was unfortunately made too late to be of any service, as mortification had then set it, and tho dog died shortly afterwards. Tho feelings of the gentleman upon making the discovery can bettor be imagined than described, the more so as he valued the animal very highly, and has, so I am informed, on more than one occasion refused the tempting offer of £20 for him. The perpetrator of this shameful piece of work is, I regret to say, at present unknown, but whoever he may be, lot him clearly understand that he is a disgrace to the district, and is nothing more than a creature of the lowest and most cruel type. It may not ba out of place to inform tho offender that he has made himself amenable to two separate charges: Firstly, that of cruelty to animals; and secondly, to a claim for compensation by the owner. This knowledge should make the offender feel very uncomfortable, but beyond this, it is to be hoped that he will yet be brought to account for his dastardly conduct. It is not intended to reflect discredit on the particular locality in which the offence was committed, and for that reason tho name of the place is with-held, likewise that of the owner of tho dog, but as this article is headed Kihikihi, it is only fair to the inhabitants of that place to say that it did not take place there.