The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-22
Appeal ron HOMELESS cArs
A su9restion that ths CITY Provide for Thsu
ss II Noes ror DOGS.

as II Does for Dogs.
To THE EDrron OF THE suS-Sir: A few days
AGO the New York Society for the Prevention
OF Cruelty to Animals descended upon a little
band OF women whose purposes are confessed
~ humane. arrested one Of the number. com
PEELED her to remain all night In the station
house. and charged her in court with chloro-
forming a vaerant cat Being found guilty.
she was promptly fined $40. which. with the
fee OF 800 demanded by her forensic fRure-
head. Mr.. Hummel who offered no deiencel.
completely exhausted the Band OF Mercy's
exchequer
IL r.y naturally be asked. what Is this
Band OF Msrcy"f The parent organization
was founded by George T. Angel. the honored
President Of the Massachusetts, Humane So
ciety and the foremost humane worker in this
or any country. The branch societies number
more than $4,000. the membership upward OF
100000, Their pledge Is: II will try to be kind
TO all living creatures, and to protect them
from cruel usage"
VI this small branch whose work the society
mas legally enIoined one is q Christian woman
OF large means and broad sympathies. life
member OF the prosecuting society ever since
the better days Of the BerRh regime. Another
Is woman who for twenty years has worked
untirinRly and spent lavishly for the proteo-
ton Cf all animals. and whose sympathy is
drawn to vaErant cats simply because they are
more despised than other creatures. and be-
cause no provision 10 made for them.
The original intention yas to maintain n
refuge but the numbers proved so great that
the only solution vas merciful extinction
or the thousands OF cats brought into exist
ence each year in this and every city but a
small per cent. is wanted: tho remainder. be-
ing superfluous. are treated accordingly. They
are stoned. starved turned into the streets to
freeze. There they become diseased, crippled,
and often blind with mango. They become,
too so wild that It Is exceedingly difficult to
rescue them until the awful weak ness OF star
walton sets In. They do not die at once. but by
inches Under the very shadow OF tho build
ing where Mrs. Edwards was arraigned she
found. crawling in the gutter. young cat with
paws and ears shockingly burned. an un-
doubted victim OF the election bonflres Of a
few days before. for IL is a we'll. attested Gus
tom Of hoodlums to bind these helpless crea-
lures and throw them into the flames.
At another time. q cat. having been thrown
from the upper window OF q tenement house
and mpaled upon an iron fence. was found
torn with cruel wounds In the corner where 1t
mad crawlod to die.
dozen have been found dead or dying in
one cellar. In one instance cat was rescued
which was saturated with Kerosene and partly
intO
their bodiea In fact, no one can conceive the
fortunes oil homeless cats but those who have
turned aside to Investigate and relieve. Null
tiply such cases as the above. give to each q
painless death. and you have the work OF
these women.
since this Band OF Mercy has been enjoined
IN New York 1t has responded to letters from
ritizens OF Asbury Park. N. j.. and attended to
me merc'ful extinction OF sixty i've cats which
mad been left to starve and freeze under the
piazIas OF vacant cottages Numbers remain:
ana In our own city there are thousands which |
ne cold OF winter will torture and kill They are
aot In evidence from the windows OF luxurious |
homes. out at night in the poorer quarters Of |
ne city. IN the vacant lots and churchyards. |
ne poor creatures may be found by scores. |
'ainly seeking food and water. The Band OF
Mercy has taken upward OF 1fty in single
iiRhe
DO you ask Its equipment lined and Gov
red basket. containing sponge saturated
with chloroform. Into this the cats when not
90 weak TO resist are enticed by various pa
lent devices and quickly become insensible-
me bodies by direction OF the Board OF
iealth. are lett upon the street whence the
NY promptly removes them.
Repeated Efforts have l0en nada IN n |