Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-06


lives are ended after the medical students
are through with their experiments.
Thus the dogs do not suffer at all. This
Is the plan which the progressives in the
medical society have been attempting to
have put in operation locally. Cleveland
authorities said that the medical colleges
get satisfactory results from their expe-
riments uron animals in twilight sleep"
local medical college authorities have
repeatedly insisted that the animals
must be operated on while they are con-
scious.
CLEVELAND HAS
RIGID INSPECTION.
The Cleveland humane bodies have
very careful inspection system to make
certain that no so-called good dogs
get into the hands of the medical college
and that none of them are barbarously
thrown into pens to die or get WELL as
chance win have It, after they have been
operated on, as has been found to be the
practice in the Indiana University school
of Medicine.
So careful are the Cleveland societies
of animal welfare that they not only 40
not permit the dogs to be turned over TO
the medical colleges from the city dog
mound. rs was found to be the practice
here before the local progrossives broke
Z
that tn. medical Institutions get their
animals from elsewhere. One Of the medl-
cal colleges showed Mr.. Pitts Shipment
of dogs which the college authorities
reported we're obtained In Detroit.
ACTIVITIES DO
NOT CONFLICT.
while there nrc two societies engaged
IN humane work in Cleveland their enorts
are not duplicated and they operate IN
harmony, Mr.. Pitts said. The Cleveland
Animal Protective League devotes It's
whole effort TO the prevention OF Cruei,S
10 animals The institution which mere
Is known rs the city dog pound Is oper-
a+ed nv the protective league In CleVe-
land The system and facilities are very
eimilar 10 those now in operation IT the
Jndianapolis city dog pound under the
fosterinr Of Or. Elizabeth Conger ana
Mrs Dotha Lantz, members or the pro
e,ressive group IN the Humane Society
who have been given supervisory powets
over the pound by the board OF puoiic
safety Or Conger has been named by
%T,,,or- Eject Samuel Lewis Shank for APP
noIntment as poundmaster after Jan. q
Most OF the work Of the Cleveland
vrnr,ano Society is for child and mater
,itv welfare. although n small animal
sbclter g. operated. The animal work
1ona nv the Cleveland Humane Society is
on calls from citizens and In prosecution
~ violations Of humane laws. The AMI
mnI protective league is militant or
cnnization which sends agents into the
field to ferret out cases Of cruelty.
CHILD WELFARE
WORK IGNORED.
Child welfare work such as is done by
the Cleveland Humane Society is an un-
heard OF quantity in the local society
thanks to the reactionary control, the
fprogressives say.
The humane society in Cleveland has
stan OF about fifty persons under the
direction Of James Il. Ewers as general
agent. Mr. Pitts said he found Mr..
Ewers TO be remarkably well-equipped
FOR his work Six departments are func-
tiouing under Mr.. Ewers the department
Of child protection. the department of un-
married mothers, the department Of child
placing, the department Of home finding,
the department of animal protection and
the office department. Each of these di-
visions has its own we'll trained head.
BY comparison with this system the
local society sinks into insignifcance,