Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-29

which had been placed by the In
dianapolis Humane Society In the
hands of persons who had previously
made affidavit to their desire to give
the dogs good homes.
2 That three successive Inspections
Of the dogs quarters at the college
failed to reveal any evidence of straw
or any other bedding for them, and
on two of these inspections the dogs
were found lying on wet concrete
floors in rooms unventilated and cut
off from sunlight
8. That dogs suffering the results
of operations are returned to the ken
nels with other dogs and do die there
as a result of the injuries inflicted on
them in the surgery.
4. That among the dogs confined at
the college are animals that bear the
scars of repeated operations of a ma
ture that could not possibly have
been withstood without suffering,
even though anesthetlcs were used
during the actual operations.
OWNERS OF PETS
BARE THEFTS.
From time to time in the last few
weeks repeated complaints have been re-
ceived at The Times office concerning
the disappearance of pet dogs whose
owners have reason to believe they were
stolen. Among these owners of dogs
there is a growing belief that the ami
mails have found their way into the col
lege -ineIs from which no dog ever
e IS alive.
INQUIRY at the medical college brings
no satisfactory information to owners of
dogs concerning them.
who believe their pets in the kennels to
visit them for the purpose. 70 seeking to
identify their dogs.
FORCED TO USE
SEARCH WARRANT.
The operations on the dogs are con-
Quoted before college classes and the col
lege refuses to permit laymen to attend
these classes.
The only assurance that the public
has against extreme cruelty in the treat
men of these animals or the possible de-
struction of valued pets is the word of
the college authorities that humane meth
DDS are used behind the doors that the
college has so far seen 1T to keep closed.
search warrant issued in the city
court last week was the instrument
through which it was ascertained that
highly valued pet dogs do find their way
to the death kennels in spite OF the
assurances OF the college to, the con-
trary.
The Indiana law concerning cruelty to
animals reads as follows:
Whoever oyerdrives. overloads, drives
when overloaded, overworks, tortures
torments. depriyes of necessary susie
nance, cruelty beats, mutilates or cruelty
kills or causes or procures to be so over
driven, overloaded, driven when over
loaded, Overworked, tortured tormented
! deprived of necessary sustenance, cruelty
beaten, mutilated or cruelty killed, any
animal; and whoever, having charge or
custody of any animal. either as owner
or otherwise, inficts needless cruelty
upon the same, or mutilates the same, OF
deprives 1t Of natural means of defense
or protection, or cruelty or unnecessa rfly
fails to provide the same with proper
food. drink, shelter or protection from
the weather, shall, on conviction, he
fined in any sum not more than 5000
to which may be added Imprisonment in
the county Jail for any period not ex-
ceeding sixty days: PROVIDED, That
I the provisions of this section shall not
apply to the docking of lambs. dehorning
Of cattle, or clipping of horses."