The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-25
American Humane Association

break the ice for water to drink. buy
cattle cannot do this During tho year
ending with March 81, 1905. govern
ment reports showed that nearly 150O,-
600 head of cattle and nearly as MANY
sheep died from exposure in this coun>
try. The losses for 1906 and 1907 have
been about the same. the value Of those
lost each year approximating s24,00O.A
900. Tho association hopes by pre<
sentlng these figures to n thrifty na>
ton to increase the interest in dumb
creatures through the economic. II not
through the humane side OF the ques@
ton.
The food supply of the nation haa
come in for a good bit of discussion
during the thirty-one years of the as
sociation's existence. 1t started out
with a plea for more sanitary "a %ell
as less painful methods of butcherns
animals. Then they discovered that Inc
public health was menaced by the usn
of meat taken from the carcasses OF
animals that had been trampled n
death in freight cars or had been fatal
" wounded in the long hauls. The law
originally required shippers to keep
cattle on the cars only twenty-eight
hours: The law of 1906 extends this
About 45,o00.000 cattle are transporter
this way annually; or these, 10000
year. and 10000 injured or mutllated
In the cause of humanity and in tht
interest of public health, the associa
ton Is seeking To have local butcher
ing stations established. shipping tht
| carcasses as is done in Argentine an9
Australia. Argument against this Is
that the by-products of the beef would
be lost without, treat factories 70
handle them, and that It would never
pay.
The association asks for the intro,
duction into the schools of system
that would train children in the care
| OF animals. and with the growth OF
agricultural colleges and industrial
schools this is slowly coming about,
Out of 100 cases of animals protected
by one Eastern humane society, ii was
| proved that ninety-nine had reached
their dire straits through cruelty OF
| their care-takers. Attention has been
turned to the Wild animals which are
| held in captivity for circuses or fol
theatre performances. through care,
that every animal. except dogs ana
| horses has been taught it's tricks by
| means of the whip or some form of
| torture, and the association earnestly
| urges that public opinion be enlisted
| to stop the practice. 1t places thia
| on the plane of bullhghting.
The influence OF the American moves
ment has spread abroad, and there ara
societies protecting. children and ani-
tries. 1t was American Influence that
/ stopped the practice of throwing q
! dog in the Grotto del Cant. near Naples.
| to show how poisonous the gas was,
| and 1t is being greatly used just now in
! putting a stop to the practice of ships
| ping worn-out and dying horses front
| England into Belgium, where they are
/ eaten as food.
The association is yet far from it's
| goal. Only one-fourtll of the peopla
| in the United States have yet been
| reached, and even among the most en-
| lghtened there is much room for in
struction in the art of being kind. Rest
farms. for worn-out horses, and
refugees for cats and dogs have been
| established in some places. Some are
4 boarding homes, some are free. Phila-
delphia annually relieves about LOO
1 hurt animals and it is a sad COM
| mentary on the standard of kindness
] among many householders of America
that last year the humane society OF
/! that city alone took eighty-tive cats
! and dogs from empty houses where
/ their owners had shut them up to die
when they had moved away Each
/ year however, the association. draws
in more of tho prominent men and
/ women of the country, and with such
men as Secretary Taft, eXPresident
/ Cleveland. Cardinal Gibbons, Bishop
/ Doane. Archbishop Ryan, and Dr.,
| Mackay-Smith of its vice-presidents'
roll, and with DIR. William Q. Still
man, of Albany N. Y. as president, It's
future success will be even greater
| than its past.
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