The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-14

! rivalry in showing the best horse or rig
is soon euEendered. For the accOmmoos-
costing several thousand dollars, was
built, and the horses thus assured a good
oversight in the matter OF prompt iced
ing and watering. Reading and rest rooms
and shower baths for the men We're punt
IN connection with the stables
Work horse parades have done much
10 increase kindness and care among the
draft animals. prizes being offered ana
pride stimulated in this way. Boston heid
the first work horse parade in May, 1915.
New York, Chicago, Philadelphia. Bur
/ liagton, Columbus Springfield, Kansas
| CITY Toronto and Pasadena followed IN
rapid succession
Homes for small animals are beginning
20 appear here and theus, wherever be
nevclent folks have grown to a practical
interest in the work One of the fore
most Of these is the Bide-a- Wee home in
New York City where since its lncep-
ton in June 1903. about 500 animals nave
been received and cared for. The home
does not make a business OF destroying
animals needlessly, it is only when a
cat OF a dog has been brought in hope
lessly sick or injured that II IS merci-
! fully put to death by an approved method
Of painless asphyxiation. Homes are
found for the animals soon as posi-
bic. and more than three-fourths are
placed every year in homes where Il Is
known they viii receive good treatment
A temporary home In the country mas
/ been provided for the animals, and hopes
for a permanent one are entertained.
One feature Of the association maintain
ing out printed matter asking owners OF
cats and dogs to exercise more thought
tulness In their care, and asking especial
consideration from the people who are in
the habit Of going away from their city
! homes every year, leaving their cats at
| the mercy Of the street. It is recalled
/ that on Long Island not so many years
| ago. pack OF dogs, belonging to sum
3 h. Ffarrs
when returning to the city. grew so wild
and so ferOcious from hunger, that they
/ terrOrized a small town for awhile and
attacked several people. It is to help
/ prevent such heartlessness on the part
I Of the owners and such suffering on the
! part Of the small animals that associ2-
/ tons are aiming,
| The anti-rabies crusade in Baltimore
/ last year brought about the establishment
/ Of an animal refuge in that city, IL be-
4 ing asserted that through the drastic
| laws enacted dogs were being hunted to
death. and the s. p. c. A. department
was not able 10 cope with the situation
/ A refuge was opened for dogs and cats.
and in the time that has passed since
/ then over 20 dogs and many cats have
been placed in good homes. No animals
| are put to death, unless hopelessly III,
/ or unless they happen to be the new
/ born puppies and kittens. There are now
1 about seventy very happy dogs in the
home. and If homes are found for these
/ and the new masters do not find them
! satisfactory pets. they are under contract
/ to return them to the refuge No animals
/ are given TO animal trainers or TO hos
pitals
The Baltimore work is conducted in the
| heart Of the poor quarters Of the city
/ and it IS later expected TO add horse res
/ cue work TO that already being done.
| rms refuge does what many private
| homes and hospitals for small animals
| are doing-bOards pets for owners who
/ are leaving the city
I Al -.
| society Of Chicago. one of the two hu-
/ name societies of that city. a refuge for
/ small animals has been opened, and, on
/ an average, a hundred animals month
| have been cared for since its beginning a
little over a year ago. Four years ago
! the refuge had been opened as an annex
/ to d private hospital for dogs and cats,
/ but was abandoned after two years ex-
] DeTienCe, until reOrganizsd under its pres
/ ent management. Like other homes
| spoken Of, it places its pensioners out as
! pets as soon as possible in good private
homes. and kills only those that are hope
/ less cases.
At Brighton, near Boston, is the Ellen
! NJ. Clifford Sheltering Home for Animals,
/ founded by a citizen Of New Haven,
! Conn.,. whose name il bears. and being
opened for the protection of sick and
! homeless cats and dogs. A large house
! for the superintendent with kennels and
/ runs for the cats and dogs, are the fea-
/ lures Of the farm. and the population.
1 averages fifty dogs and 100 cats "a month
/ A special feature Of the work there is
I to restore lost dogs and cats to their
owners, as well as place the strays In
homes OF guaranteed excellence. The
| work abroad has interested Americans of
note. the Paris home the Refuge des
! Chiens, under Madame de Herpent, being
/ largely supported by James Gordon Ben
nett OF New York Many men and wO-
men have made a life work caring for
| defenseless animals, the late George T.
! Angel OF Boston having organized Bands
| weeks after his death the Boston work
horses wore bits Of black on their brides
and at his funeral March 20, thirty
work horses wearing mourning rOsettes
on their brides we're in the procession
I Copyright 1903. by Frederic J. Haskin.)
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