The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-08-09
TINE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION Of CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.

me second annaa report OF the American Society
Tor the Prevention OF Cruelty to Animals gives q
iui ana excee hngy interesting account OF the pro-
ceedngs OF tAe organization during the year ending
April 60 1913. Among the good works performed by
the folio ~ers Of Mr.. Bergh during the past twelve
months, are the undermentioned:-The distribution
OF no less than seventeen thousand five hundred
Pamphlets condemnatory Of cruelty to animals; the
erection Of ten drinking fountains for horses CATTLE
dog, &c. the invention OF a refrigerating car.
"w hereby dressed meat can be brought from the
Earies, In lieu OF the present mode Of transporting
Ave animals, whereby they greatly suffer, and the
flesh Is 30 dangerously deteriorated for human
food" prevailing upon the directors OF some OF the
city railway companies TO employ double teams
when the roads INSTRUCTED with snow
aud Ice, and persuadina citizens to exer-
| else merclful discretion entering q
| vehicle already sufficiently loaded and the
| almost entire suppression OF such disgraceiul and
demoralizng exhibitions as dog fights, cock fights,
| &C. During the year ending April 30, 1865 over
| two hundred and lfty persons arrested and
prosecuted by the society and in the majority OF
| these cases convictions were obtained and the
| Offenders imprisoned or lined, according to the
nature of the offence. The report ia published In
book form, profusey illustrated with neatly executed
wood cuts, and contains great deal to interest the
general public
The action OF the society in the matter OF vivisec
tions is Illustrated by the following extracts the
first being from letter received aud written by
OF the chief operating surgeons OF Bellevue Hospital
In answer TO % communication from President Bergh
and the second being the comment Of the Secretary
OF the society thereon:-
all experiments ether and In the Few In
which is employed the operations are either nstaua
OF the experiment would be seriously
erfered with by agent OF that Kind do not conceive
that there any inhumsny N animas oherw
that scientific the only judges
OF the eSpediency OF these experiments II
viii with pleasure give YOU an explanation Of all my expert
men habuay performed before classes az Tar as can
should be have sympathxe WIN my sbor- the
objects OF which do no. seem to CORRECTLY appreciate
Is Tor Secretary TO say that Dr. flnrs
humanity IN regarding any oil Gods creatures of
thant
the variance With that OF tue members OF his
society, and that disagree with him that scennc M
OF these fearful and prolonged rtures continually repeated
on uGressing annas especially a. the mos, earned
aud distinguished Psychologists OF the world have pronounced
| them useless.
The secretary OF the society IL fully warranted in
saying there IL sufficient Ia the second annual report
TO satisfy the public al large that the institution mas
more thnn sustained the honorable distinction IL ac
CURED during the first year OF it's existence ana
further, that n has become real power IN The
State-a defence for The defencccss, an example,
monitor aud trusiy friend alike OF man ana beast
| fRESHET AT RICHMOND. VA.--There was heayy
ram storm AZ Richmond on the night OF the 5th The
fNchmOnd Ne1rS OF the 9Th says:The cellars In ne
vicinity VI the Second Market, from the corner OF
siAtn ahd Cay streets 10 the corner OF Fifth an'
Mafshail streets, were inundated, and many store
Keepers sustained heavy losses nv injury done Their
HOOds. Flour, butter and many other articles were
damaged the water being In some instances two
feet deep. The cause OF the lnundation. which has
been several times repeated within the past two
years, IL that the old culver extending 10 the gully
between clay and Leigh streets il smaller than the
new culvert emptyng into II from sixth street, and
being unable 10 carry or the volumes Of water, the
private culverts are filled with back water and the
cellars IN consequence overlooked.