The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-01-27
Officers

Branch of the Wisconsin Humane Soc
iety for the year ending Jan i, 1910.
officers.
| President-Charles T. Jeffrey.
Secretary-Miss Belle Gaffney.
Treasurer-Miss Emma E. Robinson.
| Agent-James I'll. Karnes.
Veterinary Surgeon-Dr. j. H. Veitch.
In making my fifth annual report, it
is with the feeling that more efficient
work has been possible because of bet
ter cooperation on the part of the pub
lic This increased cooperation has been
noticeable each year, but the year Of
1909 has seen much more progress of a
definite nature. There has been an in
crease in the number of voluntary con-
| tributions; owners of horses have had a
better attitude when their drivers in
and about town have been cautioned
about abusing, overlooking or neglect
ing to properly care for horses, more
cases have been reported from the
country than ever before-all indicating
| that the efforts of the agent are being
received as they are intended, not as a
wish to interfere but an attempt to
make certain people more thoughtful in
their dealings with dumb animals and
with children and aged persons.
| It would seem therefore that more
people are coming to realize certain
truths-viz; that there are laws regard
ing these things and that it is some
body's business to see that they are
known and enforced. Because a man
owns an animals it does not leave him
free to do as he wishes regarding its
care and use. I IN sure that people
would appreciate still more what OPP
portunities there are along such lines
when they stop to think that there is
so much of it going on which they
know nothing about unless they are
looking for it or it is called to their at
|
tention. It is with great satisfaction,
therefore, that the officers of the society
recognize that the work is being looked
upon as necessary and that every con-
sistent effort is being made to prevent
the kinds of negligence which have
been referred to. An enumeration of
the years work by cases follows:
Total cases 141 as follows:
Destitute people helped. ;. -. -. AZ
Cases in which help was given to
family and men dealt with who did
not give proper support to their
families on account of squander-
ing their money in saloons. ;. 80. z
Cases Of men abusing wives. -. 9
Gases of men DESERVING wives and
children. +. -. -. -. -. :. -.
Requests made by parents to have
children placed in homes on ac-
count of being unable to care for
them or make them mind 49,, 4
Cases of children being abused by
parents. =. -. -. ~. ..... 20
Cases of abuse of horses where Of
Tense was bad enough to warrant def
mite action to prevent same. -. 50
Disabled old or injured horses which
had to be killed.. -. -. -. :. 5
Cases of tying calves legs and crowd
ing them in wagon Every much
reduced)... -. -. -. -. 49,. !
Abuse of dogs Gone was tied to
post in an out of the way place
and was reported and shot after
having suffered for two days as a
result of being knocked in the
head, ................ 8
AS indicated, the cases referred to
are only those which required definite
and continued attention. Many others
have been called to my attention and
some work done on them. / suppose I
have cautioned over FIVE hundred peo-
pie in the course of the year for mis-
using animals-es especially horses. 1t
seems unnecessary that the horse, our
most useful animal, should be so poorly
cared for. Stop and think, drivers, that
when man and team earns $500 per
day that at least $3.50 of that is earned
by the team and that you have that out
of which to care for them. The most
common form of abuse to which the
horse is subjected is that of being left
hitched out for long periods during
cold weather or even in warm weather
when he is left checked up or without
being fed. It is also in keeping for
any citizen to put a horse in and feed
tit and collect pay from the owner if
he knows that it has been left out past
feeding time. At the annual meeting OF
the old settlers of the county and at
Fourth of July celebrations many
horses receive poor care. I have been
criticised at times for not, taking def
mite action (and perhaps I should but
the general attitude is to prevent rath-
er than to punish.
| Many complaints reach me and are
!often made by the women concerned OF
1.-THE failure Of men TO provide properly