National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-10
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
MI. George II. AngelTs Lecture Mt the
Congregational Church.


Congregational Church.
The attendance last night at the Congregational
Church to hear the lecture of Mr.. George T. Angel
of Boston, on the subject of cruelty to animals was
small. Considering the fact, however, that raft
or boat was a desirable medium of transporta-
ton, and that each streetcrossing ferry, the
grthering was very good in numbers. Quite fair
proportion of those present was composed of ladies
Mr.. Angel was introduced by DR.. Rankin.
There was far more cruelty to animals in the
United States, said Mr.. Angel, than in Europe or
Asia There more of it in Christian countries
than among MOhammedan or pagan nations. There
was of it in China little in India; it pro-
hibited 10 the Jews in Egypt twas rare. The Koran
expressly inculcated kindness to the non-Spea king
classes of our feow-creatures. Sodid the writings
of ZoroaSter and the institutions of the Hindus
In Italy, in Germany, in Spain, France, England
Scotland there far less of cruelty to these ami
mails than among US. Brides were not much used
in England, check-reins were scarce in Europe,
and overlooking horses and oxen rare in the Old
street-car horses live long: here their age of use
fulneSs was short. In this cruelty to animals the
loss in money to the country was enormous The
crops of the country were damaged yearly by in
due the cruel practice of wantonly destroying the
birds at all times.
Animals slaughtered for food were transported
long distance without food, rest, or water, in the
majority of cases to be barbarouSy butchered both
in the clumsy manner of killing and in the suffer
ing inflicted by killing them in the presence of
OTHER animals about to be slaughtered! Not only
was this pecuniary loss by dininution in weight
and deterioration in quality of flesh but it entailed
the loss of life and health. Animals slaughtered in
this way were diseased. Diseased meat, when
eaten, produced sickness and death The life of
the Jew, for example, is on average, five years
longer than that of the Christian, and his health
better. The Jew has an inspector of foodcattle,
and rejected every one that was not killed under
such conditions as insured perfectly healthy meat
The meat thus rejected by the Jew was impledi-
ately sold to the Christian. The speaker advanced
the idea that the lower animals had souls Over
onehalf of the human race entertained this belief
Cruelty to animals, he held, begot cruelty to men,
Crime was fearfully on the increase in this coun-
try. Of two thousand convicts Intercepted on
this point, only seven had ever had pet animals.
The cost of REFRESHING and Furnishing criminals
was very great. Educating people to kindness to
animals lessons this cost by lessening the amount
of crime Again, talking of the most 1aith-
full and the most yoluble and the most Intelligent
of the lower animals the dog, he said there were
very grave doubts whether such an alleged disease
as hydrophObia or rabies existed.
After portraying the uuutterably horrible cruel
ties of vivisection which, on the testimony of its
advocates was productive of not the slightest good
to humanity, Mr. Angel went on to show the
remedy for cruelty to animals and the consequent
benefit, both moral and financial, that would
result therefrom. This remedy consisted in pass
ing and executing laws to punish and prevent
such cruelty, but chiefly by educating the people
into healthy public opinion on the subject And
the best way was to commence by teaching the
young in the public schools opractice kindness to
animals.