New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-13
A RIVAL OF THE s. P. c. A.
BMe-a-Wee Home Glib Seeks to
SAFE Dogs and Cats.

- The announcement of plans for the Bide-a-
Wee Home Club. which will begin its work OF
mercy October |. in providing home for cats
and doge. whose owners unwilling or I'm
aole to care for them. has suggested possible
clash with the Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Animals. TIE members Of each ass7-
citation are profuse in their protestatiOns OF
friendship for the other side, but IN tire utter
ances Of each there is an undercurrent of mis-
giving as to the possible attitude Of the other.
President Haines. of he society. laughs at the
idea OF his fighting the new club. In an inter
view he has explained his position:
will 1 fight the Bide-a-Wee Homee What
absurd question, Why should anyone VINO
is engaged in the humane work of preventing
suffering 10 dumb animals oppose another organ
ization which is about to carry on the same
good work? Besides. The work of the two So
cieties will clash. as l understand it. You
may state it authoritative that VIII not
fight the Bide-a-wee Home?"
There are some members Of the new club.
he went on. who have unfriendly feeling
toward my society because we take the lives
of unclaimed animals. l would remind them
that we have choice in the matter The law
demands it. Then it is wise measure OF pubic
safety. The execution Of this law has done as
much as any thing of recent years to pre-
vent the spread Of disease. Then I condemn
sentiment. the idea Of sparing the life of a
suffering animal and doctoring it when the most
humane thing to do is 20 put il out Of its misery
at once. DO the Bide-a-Wee people intend to
protect and care for injured and sick cats and
dogs? 1t is a great mistake. Up to the present
our society has taken in charge quarter OF a
million of dogs and over half a million cats.
OF these only per cent of the dogs were claimed
by owners and practically no cats. Inc rest
were destroyed. We would have had a nice Joo
caring for 10000 homeless sick and manned
animals. 1t must be borne in MIND that tne
law forbids an institution from keeping dogs
without paying the license or tax
Mr.. Haines referred to the Midnight Band OF
Mercy" a pseudO-humane society, which ne
broke up some years ago, and SAID thdt the
fear of his unfriendliness now probably arose
from the fact that certain members Of the
B!de-a-Wee Club still believed that ne hau
maIiciously prosecuted the Midnight Band
Mrs Harry Ulysses kibDe, Vlce-presldenI Oh
the new club, said yesterday: our IDEA Is 20
advertise our home thoroughly, and get people
10 give their pets over TO us when they 90 not
care TO keep them. or when they are unapLe 70
do So This will prevent many animals from
ever being turned into the street. All those VINO
are sick or injured will be cared for by a
veterinarian here. and those that are IN a
proper condition Will be cared Tor o. MISS A r
Jett who has been engaged for that purpose
We do not believe in killing an animal Whlch
a. suffayiDg any more than we would human
being OF course. an occasional case, where the
animal will suffer more by being treated tnsth
bV being quietly killed, may be an exception
Orr home is out of the city limits, so We VIII De
erer1Dt from the dog tax. We believe that by
this work many a helpless anymal, Wh1ch would
| he turned loose in the streets otherwise. TO
starve and be maltreated, will be handed over
| to MS ard placed in comfortable nome. IL IS
oI,r D,,rrOse thus TO supplement the work OF the
/ Society for the Prevention OF cruelty 10 AM
mails.