The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-10-23
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were less or more unhap py under
the eond ltions sui lied 81 III & cir
Gums tances Of their birth. nobody
really know Possibly ii many
cases they may be il fact better OF.
than # the hen which would fatur-
ally have superintend the hatch
ing had not been particularly judi
sclous II the matter Of rearing her
lyoan Besides, something IS to.
be said for man Chickens are an.
Important food product, and any
application Of scientific principles
which tend to enlarge the supply
must not be lightly dealt with.
~ rs. Sarah Porch said that she.
thought this view sordid. The total
question is. do the young fowls.
suffer- T they do surely DO con-
slderation Of money or appetite
should be permitted to forbid inter-
ference IN their behalf.
After general expression Of
opinion upon the part OF the mem
berss the Secretary said that a
further communication upon an
other, but perhaps kindred. sub
Ject has been received from the So
ciety in the city, and she asked if
she might read it. so that, if the
matter should be referred to COM
mittee, the two letters might 90
lover together.
No objection being made, the sec.
Rotary proceeded to read a letter
which explained that the city soci-
ETY. had encountered rather singu-
lar embarrassment in dealing with
q case OF seeming cruelty to animals
lin the geological garden. The vice
president, while visiting the gar
den recently with some children,
had been shocked to observe that
boa constructor are fed with live
rabbits. After observing with.
feelings of horror the manifest suf-
fering Of the rabbits from terror,
she had hurried home to calla meet
ing of the executive committee.
which instantly adopted resolutions
indignantly protesting against the.
practice Of giving live rabbits to
the serpents. The resolutions. were
sent to the President of the Zoo So
ciety, and steps were taken to adopt
legal measures to restrain the prac-
tice il the request of the executive
committee should not be promptly
needed.
70 the pain and surprise Of the
committee a courteous communica-
ton was received the next day from
the president, explaining that the
boa constructors cannot eat dead an
imals. If offered dead food the
snakes themselves would perish
from hunger. The society there
fore finds itself in this extraordl-
nary and most distressing guam
Diary Il it averts suffering from
| the rabbits it will infict suffering
upon the. snakes. It has a duty to
both kinds of animals and the diff
Guilty IS to determine in just what
direction that duty lies.
Mrs. OiGorman said she per-
ceived no difficulty She would
| far rather let all the snakes die than
to place one dear little rabbit in
misery.
Mrs. GWinnett begged, however,
to urge that there is no more dread
full smethod Of producing death than
by starvation, and it seemed to her
a very strange perversion of the
functions of a society organized for
the express purpose Of averting. SUIT
| fering from animals that it should
arrange deliberately to inhict upon
any brute beast the agonies Of death
from hunger.
After prolonged discussion the
| following resolutions were adopted
unanimously and with enthusiasm:
Resolved: That the Won ems Gen
Ieral Culture Club Of Turley recommend
the city society to ascertain if the boa
constructors cannot be sustained in a
condition of health by eating mice,
and if SO, to urge the substitution OF
rats and mice for rabbits.
The president then suggested
that while the society was dealing
with subjects Of this nature it
might be well if it should take u
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