The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-19
STATUS OF THE DOG IN TOWN
How Mans Familiar Friend is Treat
ed in 4 Inaricnn Cities

New York. Oct. 1S-Under the interro-
gative caption. the World says: Il was
stated recently by the Superintendent Of
the Society of Prevention Of Cruelty TO
Animals that 9j.535 small animals were
cared for by the society the pest year.
OF these. 5i2 dogs and rs cats were pro-
Vl1ed with homes The remainder. over
y0.0D were killed in gas tanks. New York
"A little more than half the size OF Lon
don. kills twice as many small animals.
New ork. three times Is large as Ptla-
ceIphla. kills ten times as many New
York. six times as large as Boston. Kills
Iorty-nVS times as many. EcS,rn, through
its mar7hals kills 2D00 unlicensed dogs
during the summer months. New ork
Kills cas- and dogs the whole yCa~. In
Boston. il the owner Of a dog does not
pay the license fee he is notified twice
ana then arrested and fined: in New Ork
the dog Is taken 20 the dog pond a. The
loot OF one Hundred and Second street
and after forty-eight hours killed. in
London the killing of unlicensed DOGS
mas become 50 Notwithstanding 10Th 10
The poor. who have not Uati their fees
ana 20 the public that a Cuntry h0mt has
been opened at HackJridge where udm-
beFS OF dumb creatures can be saved and
put into good homes. Philadelphia has
opened a similar home on g. smaller scale.
Boston, IN her Clifford ltouo EB- Animals
i1 which Mrs Ellen N clifford left 500
u19, Is reScuiug hundreds ri dogs and
eats. which. if not provided Win places
elsewhere, live In padee AM at the home.
Most OF the animals killed yearly in
New York are not homeless. They are
unlicensed and do not wear the collar
OF the Humane Society.
Il Is mistake 10 take PETS from chill
ofen- The Sstate / sis 'n IN Jackson Mich
mas more than 40 birds among its 500
prisoners 10 make them humane. Cleve-
lan0. = city or 4l1. llt mas no dog ff-
CenSe- y prominent membe- IF the Ken
Aei club some yelrs ago, seeing hat the
incense law resulted in the death OF
thousands OF the ulliHeHsel. MS heart
being touched at USe sight OF poor women
coming 10 paw faas mat th-ir Children
mig N keep their oass. brought suit
against The city and obtained ''rerpe-
tu3 injunction restraining the city fvpr
numerous since.
More ana more. thanks especially 20
the Society for the Pr ~-eatiou Of Cruelty
. Animals OF New ork. we are learn
ing that there is almost never "a case of
hEd-opnohla and tina. the danger Il =
e. bite Is mainly fear Tn Co7stantiD-
opte where "A man IS iu7d so for abus-
iaS cog. ana not allowed % kiil ore
~ tFopnobla Is said to ae unknown IN
America doge are p ely rnukzlcl. the,.
Aeca the open mouth for perSniriug as
Wei as breathing and madness i pr0-
ed '''- "a N en-
The chief reason for licensing dogs IS
tte money obtained from il. The Glove
!ahG humane Society in 1855. needing
t-e4 10 OBTAIN q dog license law hl,- VS.
unsuccessful being bv ulibiir ,-,irfe-,
u ne cincinnati Humane society obraf-ss
the hcense Tees and killed the uplscsnSa4
oogS. 4 Dog Owners Protective ssso
ciaTlon was formed. the license lav Vs.
repealed IN ISIS and the iaw declared m
constitutional by The court because the