Sir,-May I say that the letter by "Sanctuary" was, if anything, excessively moderate in tone. The attitude of the majority of New Zealand people towards animals is, if not deliberately cruel, at least caliously indifferent-which is somewhat strange in a country deriving by far the greater part of its income from animals or animal products. The standard of animal husbandry, while considerably better than it was 20 years ago, is very low indeed, and I doubt if it is lower in any civilised country in the world. I can think of no other place in which the "bobby calf" trade as practised here would be tolerated for a moment. May I say that I am a man, neither squeamish nor sentimental, that I have had over 30 years’ adult experience with large numbers of domestic animals. It is high time the young New Zealander was taught that he has obligations towards other living creatures from whom he derives his very high and comfortable living standards.
EX-COCKY
(Tauranga).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 499, 14 January 1949, Page 5
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