The Jersey City news., 1905-07-29


comfortable stables. Straw is bedded
under horses that fall and are injured,
and they are covered with blankets until
the ambulance arrives to remove them.
The Ambulance Department employs
one large ambulance, two smaller ambu-
lances and two light wagons; ladders,
| derricks, poles, climbers, etc, for rescu-
ing drowning animals from the river and
from sewer basins, trenches and excaya-
| tions, and starving cats from tree-tops
and telegraph poles; baskets for the tenn
porary removal Of small animals. various
appliances for humaney capturing
vicious, diseased and reputed mad dogs;
! sings for sick horses, and red lamps to
! place on dangerous street distractions
and pitfalls at night. Stray and aban-
dened horses and other animals are trans
| ported to the shelter, and there properly
fed and cared for. People desiring to
get rid of old, diseased, injured or mot
| wanted" dogs, cats and other animals,
notify the Society, and one Of the wagons
in wicker baskets specially made for the
! purpose. Sick, injured and disabled
horses and other large animals are re-
moved TO the shelter hospital or stable
! in a large ambulance. The ambulance
service is always ready for business at
! any time of the day or night, every day
| in the year. Sick and injured animals
owned by poor people are treated free of
| charge. or at the Society's expense, by
its veterinary surgeons. Horses and
other animals burned at fires are relieved
| with saIves and ointments, attended by
veterinary surgeons, or sent to hospital
in ambulances. At the request of the
| Society a hose is in public service at
every fire department station, where,
| during the summer season, many over
| uedteu uUIStS iecclfc Int Siiihut etii7
benefit of a cool water spray. Veterinary
surgeons are sent to attend all overhead
| ed horses The ambulances are kept
busy in hot weather. Drivers of tired
/ out. or overheated horses are induced to
stand them in shady places while resting,
| instead of beneath the hot suns glare.
The Shelter Service is growing rapid
~ The main shelter for animals is sit
uated at Grand. street, Jersey avenue and
Gilchrist street, Jersey City. It consists
of two-story stable. dog kennels, eatter-
les for feline foundlngs, fowl houses, gas
chamber and yard for grazing. etc.
Hehe the Jersey City ambulance station
/ is located, and is connected with the So
ciety's public and private telephones All
small animals. sick, injured or disabled
beyond recovery are painlessly destroyed
| in the gas chamber, which is a modern
| invention. connected by meter with the
city gas mains. 1t is a great improve
ment over the old and barbarous form Of
killing condemned animals with clubs,
etc. Sick, injured, disabled, stray and
/ abandoned animals are received here at
all hours of the day and night. An
| emergency chest of medicine is kept on
/ hand, and prompt communication can be
had with the Society's veterinary sur
| geons. The dogs condemned by the
courts are destroyed under the supervis-
ion of shelter officers. The Society tries
to provide good home for every healthy
dog and cat that comes into its posses
| sion. There is plenty of Accommodation
and food at the shelter for any number
of animals. Dogs that have bitten peo-
pie, or are suspected of having rabies.
are placed in the main shelter and watch
ed for the development of symptoms In
the old days dogs condemned by the au-
thorities were tied to iamp-post or tee
graph poles, and shot at or dubbed to
death. in full view of the public Such
performances had a demoralizing effect.
The police Of Jersey City. Hoboken and
Bayonne now notify the Society. and
dogs that have to be destroyed are remov-
ed in one Of the ambulances and pain
i lessly asphyxiated. The Society does the
| public great good in this respect. as it
precludes the possibility Of dead dogs
| lying in pools of blood about the streets.
Disabled horses are also taken away and
| destroyed privately and humanely.
| Publications and Literature. The So
ciety spends good deal Of time. energy
and money in a successful propaganda
of humane education. Thousands of
pages of humane printed matter are dis
tributed every month. Photographs Of
/ cruelty cases are printed and circulated.
and these speak better than words.
Copies can be seen framed in many pub
H.