Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-17
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Richmond Chapter Hopes 10 End
Suffering of Animals Operated
On at Medical College.
WANTS TO CONTROL DOG POUND
Surprised That Administrative Board
Allowed Sale of Ours for Expert
mental Purposes-SiN Persons Are
Convicted of Cruelty.

At the monthly meeting of the Rich
Z mond Chapter OF the Society Tor 'he
5 Prevention OF Cruelty TO Animals, held
4. last night at the Jefferson hotci. IT
was decided 10 inauEura'e move
,ment designed to prohibit the viviscc-
5 ton Of animals at the Medical College
of Virginia. in cases where the animal
suffers pain.
There was considerable discussion
over the matter. !, was generally
recognized by members OF the society
that n certain amount OF viviscction
IS necessary: that physicians and sur
Eeons should hc permitted 20 operate
on animals and that students should
he allowed 10 witness these operations
and perform them themselves hut that
all should he done under proper rc-
strictions
Tho conditions which the society
will demand are. that the animal be
thoroughly araesthettzed during tho
operation and not allowed 10 recover
consciousness This method, the mem
bers believe, IS as humane as putting
an animal 10 death In a gas chamber.
SOCIETY WANTS CONTROL
OVER CITY DOG POUND
The society was surprised at tho ac-
ton OF the Administrative Board in
selling dogs TO the college for pur-
poses of vivisection Members believed
it was the vote OF tho society that
sale from the city pound was better
than prohibiting such action and al
lowing the students 10 procure dogs
wherever they could
1t was the sense OF the meeting that
the society should have control of the
dog pound This. it was said, would
permit the society to sec that no ami
mails We're nistrcatcd, nor that any.
except those dogs that would be com
nelled to die for lack of q home was
disposed Of
Captain a Il. Guigon, counsel for tho
society, reported that he had called
upon the faculty of the College, and
had been promised that no animal
should undergo moro than one opera
ton, and that II should be humanelv
disposed of without being allowed to
regain consciousness.
After Captain Gu!gon had told OF his
visit to the faculty, II was decided that
he Should write n letter, eubicct to the
approval Of the president Of tho So
ciety. to DIR. Stuart Mcclure. dean OF
tho faculty of the Medical College. and
request his formal promise that the
animals be treated In a humane man
ner
The motion that the Administrative
Board be requested to rescind it's ac-
ton regarding the selling of dogs to
tho college was lost. II was decided
that IT would be best for the city TO
handle the situation untif the society
takes charge of the pound
The report of the secretary for the
month or April showed n total Of 3s1
cases acted on. Six parties woro co.,
Nicted in court of cruelty To animals
ana two were dismissed or tho si.
Two paid fines and throo wont To iaii
one was required to give bond of sI6o
Tor good behavior. Two drivers Ios,
.he.r Positions through the innucnc,
'he aEehIa OF tho society. hccaus.
: of cruelty to their horses .rwn,,..
Two horses md mules wcre dianosaa
or seventy cats and dogs were Killed