Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-14
CRIME AND CRUELTY
TO DOMESTIC ANIMALS.

III Z. ID smead, o veterinary surgeon
OF some prominence in the east In writ
ing the New York Tribune Farmer on
cruelty 10 animals and les relation to
crime, says;
~, IN What ] nave written, -lg in the
tuture write regarding the iuClty that
nlen-yes' women, ton, dol DO not wish
70 bo cons dtrtd as being unjust or un-
Mhd toward The people | oonsure for their
cruSliy Ine Facts are, from my point
OF Wow our domestic animals are not
CONSIDERED by the masses In their proper
sphere. We should consider them as be-
ing not all brute. was taught I'm my
poyhpol that man WAS governed BY ren-
SON had soul TO save and was the SOW
trelgh ruler over the animal kingdom
While the animal was only endowed with
instinct had little or no reason, and was
Simply o. have no right other than that
which his ruler might grant IT, II It's lord
ana master saw ft to torture and abuse
the animal, q was right ana proper. The
animal, ha(ing no reasoning taoultycould
not sense abuse, ana a lot more Of
such bosh, Yes / call q whole lot Of
early teachings In this world bash. aud
this was some OF them. Parents would
procure a kitten or dog for thQlr chill
dfen 70 punch, maui aud otherwise abuse
hnd then laugh when the Kitten squealei
or the dog howlcd. They thought 1t was
cunning In the child 20 haul the dog
around by the tail or maui the eat; but
scratched, then there was war Ia the
household That dog had to DO logged,
and the cat got a kick from an nngered
mother or brutal father
have witnessed Just such proceedings,
and when | have sat down ana pondcred
over the matter have wondered whether
inc DOG and the cat did not really pos
sess less Of the brute than the man and
the woman; and am not certain but they
were possessed Of about as much sense
ana reason. But let US pursue this line
ot education I'M the household little fur
ther fQr II 4 education pure and simple.
chlld is allowed to be cruel in It's in
nancy To the dumb animals. (No, ] don't
IKE that word dumb" the animal iB
dumb only as far as speech IL concerned.
ami II should not be used In speaking
OF theml IL grows up with desire To be
cruel 10 the more important animals, like
the horse and cow, and II doesn't stop
there, A quarresOme temperament Is de-
Neioped and II he happens TO be of A
muscular build, he not infrequentiy turns
out 10 be not very good citizen, to say
the least, aud often a culprlt at the bar
Of justice. Our .iails and prisons are full
OF criminals who were induigc1 when
children In being cruel to the lower AMI
mails. Just mako a note of this, win you.
indulgent fathers and mothers? II may be
run Tor you now To hear the cat squcal
when your little pet pulls It's tail but tho
fun viii not be there when you pay line
In the police court to keep him out of
jail, or see him sitting In an electric
chair or dangling at the end of rope us
punishment for murder. You can trace
part Of H. sometimes, at least 10 your
overlndugence IN his infancy; you could
have prevented this had you taught him
differently.
Don't think that all the inmates OF pri-
sons come from the sums, or that the
murderers are all from the lower classes.
They ore not. The gentleman" class OF
humanity Is furnishing the larger per
cont In America, as the prison records
show ana your hoy or girl whom YOU
are training IN cruelty TO the lower ani-
mails. Is getting the first lessons that
lead TO crime later on. You may be one
that Is helping to keep the prisons full.
The animal has rights as much as your
child. If your boy or girl has inherited
from you disposition "a be cruel enough
10 maui the cat or haul the dog across
the room by the tail, that cat has a right
to resent 1t by a scratch and the dog by
a bite and you have no right 20 whip
thom for doing H. II you did, you should
be arrested and fined, which would be u
lesson for you, When you hammer and
maui your faithful horse, TO crafty your
ugly disposition he has perfect right
20 kick bite and strike bnck
| thank the legislators Of many states
for their wisdom In snactng the laws
they have for preventing cruelty to anil
mails and | am glad that these laws
are being SO generally enforced. They
are better than a college education for
lot OF men. and there should be more OF
them enacted and they should be mora
district should contain one man Interested
IN seeing that no animal from the cat
to the horse Is Ill treated. When this
is the case ana the saloon II shut uo po-
lice courts will be quite scarce, ana jails
and prisons far less full than ut present.