The Arizona copper camp., 1919-02-08
HOW MUCH BEATING
CAN BURRO RECEIVE
WITHOUT SUFFERING
Question AS To Use. Of Stick
On Arizona Canaries Is
Raised by Ravite Former
" Resident of East =
Judge French Explains

Judge French Explains
A pre-eastern Rayite brings up an
interesting point when he asks how it
is that burros are allowed to be beaten
with sticks.
I'm the east" he says, &c when a
person abuses an animal, prompt re-
port is usually made to the A. S. P.
G. A. (the American Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)
Overlooking, beating, inhumane treat
ment in general, is vigorously prose
cuted by the society. It's activities
are so well recognized that, more from
fear of prosecution than from any
other cause, the abuse OF dumb ami
mails has been mitigated One hest
tates to allow an animal with an over
load stagger through the street; or q
horse showing signs of physical suf
fering; or ill-treat an animal of any
sort, because of the fear of the soci-
ety's agents.
cit is true that fear of the society
is the governing motive that prompts
an inhumane person to think twice
before he abuses an animal. But this
applies solely to that class of persons,
and should not be considered to mean
that humane treatment of animals in
the east is purely due to fear.
zone cannot help understanding
that love of animals is instilled in
the minds of our youngsters when
they see that they are given every
protection and care to which they are
entitled. By good precept and exam
pie, they are taught that animals are
entitled to be treated just as the chill
dren themselves would like to be.
"The beatings and apparent over
loads are the more readily noticed
here by fasteners, who have not been
used to such sights. I wonder why
there is no S. P. G.. A. branch here?"
In commenting upon the situation,
Judge E. w French expressed him
self as follows: "It is true that one
often sees man or boy j'reasoning'
with burro, and using a stick to do
the reasoning with. The fact that a
burro is usually beaten instead of
coaxed is principally due to the fact
that burros are notoriously stubborn.
eff horses were as stubborn as bur-
ros, no doubt they would receive as
much abuse, even in the east. But
we do not consider the ordinary beat
ing of burro as abuse. Isn't it
fact that horses are whipped in order
to get them to work, once in a while?
I am of the opinion that a stick used
on burro compares with whip
used on horse, the difference being
that the whip is sanctioned, even by
the S. P. C. A.
"Of course, there is beating and
beating. If l were to see a person
senselessly beating an animal, cruelty
furnishing it, I should feel inclined to
give him the limit Some time ago,
one of the burros on an ore train was
overloaded. He fell, and the owner
of the burros, in an effort to make
the animal get on it's feet, commenced
to kick him numerically. The man
was arrested and brought into my
"The evidence plainly disclosed the
fact that the man had been unneces-
sarily brutal He should have light
ened the burro's load, instead of beat
ing him, and l fined him.
"The owner of the burros, Mexi-
can, probably did not realize that
there were other ways of making that
burro get up, and he used method
known to him to be effective, and
known to use to be cruel"