The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-22

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The easiest and the ordinary way or
I, obtaining cgrct plumes Is to go to the
nest when they arc full OF young birds
unable to fly. At such a time tho egret
| murderers have no difficulty, for at
| tack from dcfenselcss birds is impos-
siblc, and fight by parents for their
helpless flcdglings Is unthinkable,
They are shot down while they brood
| over the young they refuse TO desert.
| Who cares that millions of chicks are
| left to die of starvation; who heeds
tho woodland dripping with blood; who
, thinks OF the determination of herons
In Florida and elsewhere; who trou-
/ blcs about the brutal ncgation OF birG
! parenthood when the result adorns tho
| si5 hat OF the human Wife and mother.
! Bear skins when obtained by leg
and steel traps arc revolving enough,
with their horrid details OF bears tear.
ing away from the traps and leaving d
| paw or leg behind, crawling away
| to die from the slow poison of tho
decoy meat planted beside the trap
! The skunk is caught by human skun.ss
| in cowardly fash on. The tiny ton Inch
| erminc skin Will he In evidence ri
| King Georges coronation Four hun
| drcd OF animals is n common REQUIRE .
! mcnl for simple aristooratic robe.
! Other furs include beaver. badger.
! lynx, muskrat, fox and others. Drown
! ing by the weight of the chain trap
4, Is common enough with water ami
! mails, In tho case of the fox amusc-
ment has to be combined with muir
der; dogs get their run" out of tho
| chase.
Astrachan is n CORY product, but the
| skins. such "a I'prSiup lamb
! intentionally vile in their origin.
| Caracul is Il product of fetal skins, and
as such could hardly be worn with
| out shuddcr by the most commons
| place human mother.
| II will astonish American readers to
know that sealskin is still worn I'm
abundance by European educated and
otherwise refined women. English
humanitarian writer's agree that tho
method of killing seals adopted by the
American companies Is characterized
by n comparative humancness un-
/, cquallcd elsewhere. 1t is quite incred-
iblc that an artistic woman would ap-
pear in public clad in the clothing OF
! an animal killed solely to he robbed
| OF It's skin. But at least Americans
l,havc not TO answer for the infamous
and totally unnecessary bnrbnrities of
British seal spearers. The Americans
Kill seals on land by simply clubbing,
the Canadians and others spear the
| seals ut sea, The former Kill male
| seals only and do not disturb the clems
and their baby seals. The United States
authorities NJ Washington have re-
peatedly endeavored to stop the Brit
ish brutalities OF the latter kind, chief
| ly of course, on utilitnrian grounds,
for there Is serious risk of speedy ex-
termination by destruction of female
| and puppy seals.
| Professors Elliott Lloyd Morgan and
! lukes and Or. William Gnvitt among
| American writer's, and famous natural
lists like Frank auckland. have record
cd their Impressions of the CHASTITY
nature of the most humane methods of
killing seals. 1t is not a pretty story.
The seal heads are striclten so hard
sometimes that the crystalline lenses
of the eyes ny out like i.ail stones. The
crush of the skull. the ilow OF blood
the sobs of the dying and the brutality
Of heartless men" These normal events
are not pleasant reading and prefer
not TO detail the more appalling ghast- I.
Illnesses OF British sealing expeditions
whose horrors" cry aloud To heaven
for vengeance and rude chnstscment.
Far from civilized port. rough men,
hardened by thc; profession. eager
tor Immediately procuring skins aware
of the higher v3lue OF the softer skins
of baby seals and tbs still greater
worth the fetal scaIrkin. who can Won
dor at well authenticated stories OF
worse than informal inhum0nitics from
such snnrce? Seals are often alive
on the deck, half si;inred seals which
slim from their ceptor's hands are
kicked hack into the sea with the haif--
dead denuded victims: pregnant seals
(usclcss themselves) are ripped open
foy the desirable Down covering Of I'M
born baby seals. Was ever outrage
! vilel- than THIS?