The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-04-12
MISS LILA VAN KIRK SAYS THAT
ANIMALS ARE RECEIVING
CRUEL TREATMENT.
SAYS RANGE HORSES SUFFER AS
MUCH AS OTHERS
DenOunceS That Use Of the Nose Bag
For Horses Boys Should Not Be
Allowed to Handle Horses Until
They Develop Judgment.

u should be glad to remain in this
city for some time If 1 could interest
the people in the cause of humane
treatment to dumb animals" said Miss
Lila Vim Kirk, the noted travelOgue
lecturer to a Times reporter yester-
day Miss Van Kirk came here to de-
liver her famous talk on Italy in a
public hall. but discovering that the
people were interested in the war and
the departure of Company ID rather
than in amusements. she did not de-
liver the talk publicly but did so be-
fore the Business WOman's club at the
at the F. NJ. Towne residence Monday
night.
Continuing on the theme of i'll treat
ment to dumb animals, Miss Towne
declared that the people of the east
failed to feed properly and often treat
ed the animals brutally. Il hear folks
says that range horses are tough and
do not need gentle treatment" said
Miss Van Kirk. but when a horse is
broken to drive and ride he is no
longer a range horse If you ride him
to town and tie him up he will suffer
just as much any other horse I'M
less he is fed properly.
Il see horses driven here having
feet that are not properly cared for
and know of a number of instances
of cruelty or neglect. l believe that
Ger. Dogs are mistreated and under
fed as well as horses are and people
frequently seem to have no idea. that
they are doing wrong when they
heartlessly starve them or cause them
TO suffer. / am sure that there are
many instances of this kind to be
found in Idaho though cruelty is more
in evidence in the case of the horse.
Should the horse in east be left
without cover on a winters day for
five hours, but for One-ha1f hour, the
owner knows the penalty that will be
inflicted, and most of them will not
run the risk of what it will incur
The bones of horses and cattle in
the spring time. lying on the noun
tains and by the roadside, tell the
story of the winters agony and the
cruel neglect of owners. Does that go
TO prove that they get used to the
cold" and the criminal neglect FROM
those who owe all that they have to
their horses and cattle.
The crime of the east is overlooking
often causing the loss of eye sight
from being overdrawn, spawned and
otherwise disabled, but the inhuman-
ity of starving and freezing to death
belongs to the horse of the west, !
where man, rather than pay for the
winters food, will turn this faithful
creature out to die. In ancient days. |
that we call "heathen," the crue1est
punishment which could be melted out
TO the criminal was death by slow
starvation. In this day we call our
selves civilized, yet we offer this mob
lest of animals the criminals death
in return for the faithful service he
has rendered.
If this is to be the cruel end, at
least let bullet find its way to the
brain and close the life by sure and
quick means.
The cruel noe bag that admits So
little air that the horse stands suffo-
Gated either in the summer or winter,
and then is left on until the breath
communicates the inside of the bag,
should be prohibited by law and only
those with wide ends admitting air to