Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-10

in favor but as two-thirds vote
was required, the ordinance was
referred TO committee. 1t provides
a fine of from 500 TO $500 for
any person or corporation lraifick-
ing In pets.
PREDICTS PASSAGE
Alderman Mittleman said:
1--WE will have the ordinance
back here next week, and il will
pass"
The torture practiced on dogs
by VivisectionistS in Chicago was
described IN biood chilling SEN
fences by Alderman Walter Grant
of Peoria, and Mrs. Irene Castle
Mclaughlin of Chicago. Mrs. Nc
Laughlin, formerly dancer OF
international fame, IS owner OF
Orphans of the Storm, a dog
refuge near Chicago.
Alderman Grant, in describing
what he had found during a per-
sonal investigation at Northwest
ern University, said:
Because I could not believe
the shocking stories read and
heard about what happens TO
our dogs, l went to the expert
mental laboratories at North
western University In Chicago.
DOGS TORTURED
up on the fourteenth floor
was shown gobs of dogs cOoped
in crates and Others lying
strapped i'm various positions OF
torture on tables.
"In one corner was a crate
full of dogs. 1 asked DIR. A. {.
Ivy, I'm charge of the laboratory,
what these dogs were for. He
replied:
They have been operated
upon
For what ?" j asked.
"'Oh, for various things he
replied, We use them again
Then Doctor Ivy added:
Why, we have a dog here
who has had a false stomach for
nine years."
CUT UP ALIVE
Continuing, Alderman Grant, ex-
claimed Indignantly:
They cut these poor animals
up alive; il they survive, they
throw them aside 10 let them
heal: and then they cut them up
again.
''If that is a humane method
OF putting these poor. helpless
pets 10 death, then 1 am Presi-
dent Roosevelt"
Mrs. Mclaughlin WAS presented
by Mayor Woodruff amid cheers.
She explained that after her pro-
fessional dancing days she turned
her attention TO raising family
and humane society endeavors.
She continued:
81 am accused of caring more
for dogs than children, but l
have boy OF II, a girl of 16,
who Is about 10 enter college,
which would seem TO indicate
she hasn't been neglected, and 1
adopted two of my sisters chill
dren..
HITS CHARITY SNOBS
"You know there are no more
snobbish people in the world
than charity snobs, and they al
ways affiliate themselves with
babies. But / am Of the opinion
thousands are looking after the
welfare Of human beings and
few look after the welfaer of
our dumb pets.
$50 10 years ago, when I
fought against the cruel prac-
tees of uncontrolled yiAisection,-
we were told they needed thou
sands of dogs to save the lives
of babies.
Vow they have new argu-
ment. They need 10 cut up dogs
for national defense"
EYES ASK MERCY
The throng laughed. Continuing
Mrs. Mclaughlin said:
"TTesent very much the infer
ence that 1 like dogs so much
i go about stamping little chill
dren In the streets. l say to you
good people of Peoria, let your
stra yF'tiogs be destroyed hui
namely. They are not being so
destroyed when, as l saw, dogs
are strapped to a board, their
threats slit open, their vocal
cords lying ut their sides and
their eyes watching each passer-
by as IL pleading that someone
rescue them from their misery.
Don't let these vivisectionists
tell you the dogs are placed
under an anesthetic. The dogs
1 just told about had none, and
they strained at the straps try
ing feebly to find mercy.
"Why can't these viyisection-
lists use rabbits, rats and guinea
pigs instead Of our dogs: In
Pennsylvania, II II n penitentiary
offense to practice vivisection on
a dog.
BARRED ELSEWHERE
Not for 10 years has a dog I'm
New York pounds been made
available for experimentation.