The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-08-28
THfLoNpoN DOGS, HOME.


nov"'Ns Civen three Days Grace snd I
Thea destroyed.
Even morning vauloads " canine /.
outoaEu stand outside the DOGS home
in the Battcrca. Park road and now
and anln a yanload OF calcincd bone
and ash goes out. says St. James Ga
zette. There i6 an interval OF 1--WE DAYS
betWoA the stages. The law requires
three Three days after dos has been
in the bands Of the police the original
right o. ownership In q cealcs, and II
may ue sold or Moderated as conveu-
fence dictates. The process g. very sim
pie and Il goes ON I'm London year In
and !er out. whether there Us muz-
zling order IN force or not Every
morning o covered van draws Mp before
each Of The police stations In the mot
ropolA On each side ore two rows Of
rings and at the end o. a galvanized
iron receptacle. The dangerous dog II
there b one o. brought out OF the fta-
ton and put In the iron box; the harm-
less vaitrcls are led from the police
! yard and tciherod one by one TO the
rings. With the noor-upacc Of the van
thue covered with animals. the horses
head u turned toward Battorlca. just
nov here are not enough Of these
special vans. and the police have had
TO rcqaisitlon vehicles from the green
grocer or other local tradcsmcn. Ar
rived At the dogs home. the vans wait
their turn to pass into the yard their
occupants filling the air with cries and
swelling the greater chorus within the
walls OF the home. 40 one van comes
out empty another rocs In full The
dogs are taken out. their place Of origin
and description and any marks Of ldcn-
LITIGATION on the collar entered In a
book. and then In groups Of tens and
twonties are taken into the kennels.
There they pass their days OF respite,
waiting Tor owners that come not, and
spending the hours In luc,sfant bark
Ing and In pitlful and friendly appcala
To visitors When the days oi grace
are past they are led TO tho lcthal
chamber Ju8l now the home IL having
two clcaranccn a day aud 90 getting a
second furnace built Tor the lnclncra.
tlon Of the carcasscs. Since the ist Of
January nearly 10000 dogs have passed
through the gatca-th the vast majority OF
them to pass out again In the form OIL
calcined bone and ash. and Of thcs,
1900 nearly half have come In sine,
the Issue Of the muzzllng order. As IA,
homo has accommodation for nbou
1000 dogs only and In hard put To 4
, to ind kennel room, Notwithstanding
, the additional space It has utilized un
, der the railway arch. the rate Of dc
ntruction can be imagined. The process
, OF destroying the dogs Is absolutely
; painless The iethal chamber ia IN,
, invention Of Dr. benjamin Ward Rich
r ardson. and the writer OF this saw II II
. ufe recently. II Is constructed 20 aa I,
I. dispose Of 100 animals Of the tcrrio
r clans at a time. The animals are pa
: into a cage divided into two tiers. viii
I light iron bars at the sides. Mean
1 while the chamber IN filled with mar
q cote yapor. When the load ~ made u
!, thgloors Of the cage arc shut. the slid
d im door OF the chamber ~ raised an
a th cage Is run quickly on the tram
, rails into the chamber, The death
] by anaeathosla, and such a death
Ie death by sleep. The dogs are oyercom
win drowalness. the moment the
brathe the noxious fumes: In sing
miaute they are In a deep sleep;
thre minutes they are dead. Close /
b the lethal chamber Is the crematoriu
Il -alargo oven kept at nm intense hel
Is by brick furnace. When the cage
r drawn out the earcafaes Of the ANNA
J. are cast into H. There Is momental
l. smell as the hair OF their bodies ignite
r. but that Is all, When the process
G. completed there is nothing but an Il
rs odofous ash and lnclncratod bone.
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