New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-11
UP-TO-DATE DOG CATCHERS.
MODERN METHODS PREVAIL IN THE DIS
POSITION OF STRAY ANIMALS.
rEI.INEs AND CANNES OF HUMBLE BIRTH AHD
KILLED. WHILE THEIR MORE REFINED
FELLOWS ARE KEPT ALrvE-THoR-
OU0HBREDS ESCAPE THE
DEATH PENALTY


The act which was passed In 1895. ana "nson
turned over to the Society for the Prevention oI
Cruelty to Animals the business Of licensing doss
and ,mpound,ng both dogs ard cats in New-York ana
BROOKLYN seems to have worked great improve
ment over the old dog-catchins system IN brooHy"'
The old city dog-catoher was probably as unpopu'
lar a man as the city he'd. Eggcd on by the desiro
for the 80 cents a canine head that the municipality
paid he was not too scrripuous about the me'hoas
he adopted to get large income. Wherever U"'
yelp OF the terrified bowwow informed peope ina.
the dog-catcher was abroad an indignant crowd
would gather md mob PUSHES to rescue some un-
fortunate cur from the unpleasant cage on wheels
were frequent
Now this Ia changed to a large extent The six
young men who employed by the Society for the
Prevention OF Cruelty to Animals TO gather In Ftray
tagless and co.larless cats and dogs are dincrent
sort OF persons from their official predecessors They
are CARRIED in neat brown bedford Goth uniforms.
with the society letters and their individual number
on their caps. This makes 1t easy to report them
II their methods should be objected to- But the
practice that makes them much less obnoxious than
their predecessors Is the fact that they receive sal
aries The man at 80 cents head was not over
scripulous as methods and when on the trail OF
small unhappy quadruped he was releDtless Indts-
nant citizens often complained that when stray and
homeless dogs scarce the dog-catchers would
tags or Invade private premises IN order mat
his labor might not 90 unrewarded.
But the fn-de-siecle canine policeman Of the 3d.
ooty for the Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals has no
incentive to be overzeaous and only dogs and cats
who are fagranty violating the Jaw need tremb.e at
the sight OF brown bedford cloth uniform
THE METHODS OF TO-DAY.
Our men," said Inspector F. o. Clark. who has
charge of the Brooklyn office Of the society, to a
Tribune reporter do not climb back fences or
invade private property looking for dogs and cats
They look only for those In the street whose owners
have not complied with the law. We gather N an
average Of ninety to a hundred cats DAY IN
Brooklyn and about seventy-fve dogs day. The
license for dogs Is 81 the first year and II year
thereafter The evidence that dog Is licensed Is the
tag Cats do no. require to be licensed. but they
must have collars with the name and address OF the
owner or they will be gathered In II found wander
ing In the street 1t Is only occasionally that our
men have any trouble, and that Is usually IN some
tenemen Mt house district where the memory OF the
old dog catcher is still fresh large number OF the
dogs and cats that take to the shelter are either
brought to us or told TO come and get them
at houses. Now. for instance these letters oeiore
me are mostly wres Please cali at No.
and get two homeless kittens de bev OF OF az
sort shten ST w ,asS ana "e'
When the Society for the Prevention OF Crueity 70
pf ss up Ooks ike
stead of in the nondescript cage or box on wneeIs
q the dog catcher. An upper CohPat e'neit 40
voted to cats and every pussy Is put IN NICE cosey
basket Below two compartments ior maze anu h
female dogs The animals are then driven TO S tne
,rand-ave Note the name Shelter instead OF
"pound" The shelter is low. frame ouldIng ina,
,,seJ 70 be the Holy Cross Cemetery fairosH
stables II has cages and kennels to accommodate 20,
ca "a nd a50 dogs comfortably. Common animals are
kept for forty-eight hours before they are put ou
~ p,ha way but animals that look as II they , Were
pets are kept longer Thoroughbreds are no. 's 80
a. all hut are sold II not REDEEMED ~ COSTS 90 20
take cat or dog out Of the shelter ana 'ha' p''o0
ofirnoa
A long "a they are permitted TO i've the ooa ~
ers'' at Inc shelter we'll treated Inere ~ w
cnok room where their meals are prepared. anu
there are hospital kennels. where SICK dogs receive
medical attendance.
HOW THE ANIMALS ARE KILLED.
Tho dogs and cats for whom there is no longer q
mission on earth are asphyxiated with uh,na'''e
o.. IN what Is called the death chamber. ms -
. hoy which measures 3x4laxs feet. Inc V'c'ia
+. dropped in at the top through trapo0os, Sms
dies IN three seconds. or ALMOST petore NE his
the bottom President John Hahe ng pressarch
o" az tho most painless death AFTER onf nmo,s
OUT The as receipts for licenses and ing AM and
~. nav the expenses OF conducting me uOs s
go 10 pa The irst year they fell behind expense
h, from now on 1t Is believed they VIII pay '"e
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