New Britain herald., 1927-01-29
MUCH OPPOSITION ID NEW GAME BILL Protests Killing Deer With
 Bow and Arrow. WOULD CAUSE SUFFERING
Members Of Legislature Itself and Connecticut Humane Society Find ing Much Fault With Proposed Statute.

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 Hartford, Jan. 2s (UP)-Within
 less than A hours after introduction in the Connecticut house of repre- sentatives of a bill declaring legal the killing of deer by bow and ar
 row, protests against this method
 of staying animals had been receiv-
 ed both by members of the general ! assembly and by the Connecticut Humane society.
 The measure was presented by
 Curtis P. Brown of Colchester. 1 When questioned, he would not as-
 sume full responsibility for the bill,
 saying he had conferred with Fish and Game Commissioner Titcomb
 who, while not sponsoring the bill,
 was said to be favorably inclined | toward it. However, Brown said 1t had bet ter be attributed to him than the commissioner. A Cruel Antidote
 In discussing the bill, Senator Walcott. chairman Of the fish and
 game committee said the bill was offered "as possible antidote
 against the killing of deer by a
 shotgun. which I believe to be ex- tremely cruel" .... Senator Walcott said most en- phatically that the bill was not sponsored by the fish and game commission and was open minded
 about it's good and bad points. From a Minnesota humane or
 ganization official, according to H.
 Clay, Preston director of the Con-
 necticut Humane society, came word that tie western state is just pre- sentings bill to prohibit the slay- ing of deer by the very method that Connecticut now wishes to make le- ! gal.
 Was Astonished
 He remarked in his letter to
 me-" Preston told the United Press, that he was astonished when in formed by those who wish to re- tain this method of killing that we
 in Connecticut were about to advo-
 cate it and that the proposed Con- necticut law was slap in the face
 to those in Minnesota who wish to do away with the method" It was not known whether the Connecticut Humane society would
 come out openly against the bill but it was stated today by an official
 at it's headquarters that the society undoubtedly will not advocate the passage of the bill.'
 Women's Club Protest A letter of protest against the
 use of bows and arrows for killing
 deer from Mrs. Charles E. Wertman
 chairman of the committee on leg islation of the Connecticut Fedora tion of Womens clubs. was receiv- ed by Senator Merritt, the only
 woman member of the upper house,
 before the bill was presented.
 Mrs. Wertman wrote not as an individual but in her official capa- city as committee chairman. Tt does not seem possible" she said,
 that anyone could be so cruel as to shoot deer with bow and ar
 row as it might cause the animal untold suffering" ... Mrs. Merritt said she was open minded in regard to the bill and did not know how she stood on the
 matter until she went to the com
 mittee hearing.
 T am not in favor of any legisla- to-" she said, that would cause an. suffering to an animal but 1t is
 question in my mind whether the shooting by bows and arrows is
 more cruel than the shooting by bullets.
 Too Much Cruelty It is impossible that all sports
 men be good marksmen: were that
 possible we should pass a law re- garding craftsmanship ability. Many times have 1 seen the skeletons of
 deer with a leg broken by wild
 shot. The animal evidently ran | through the woods till exhausted
 and then dropped to the ground. Undoubtedly it suffered extreme
 pain. Were an arrow to enter the l deer's body. 1t could be removed by l the deer brushing against tree. A
 bullet, however, cannot be removed