DECREPIT HORSES.
A WELLINGTON INDICTMENT. (Per Press Association.) ' WELLINGTON, April 1. Inspector Seed, of the Society for the'Prevention 0 f Cruelty to Animals, oavs the number of decrepit horses in work in Wellington are a disgrace to "'•fie citv. During the last three ffloiiJjK he"has had sixteen of these amYHils taken off the streets and" ■ destroyed. Mr. Seed furtlier stated that, as yet, he had only dealt with tlm worst cases. He also mentioned that because a horse is not lame wlicn it has a bruised knee drivers assume that the animal is not in pain. Coiiscquentlv, it is worked as .usual, and is thus caused much suffering.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2155, 2 April 1908, Page 3
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108DECREPIT HORSES. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2155, 2 April 1908, Page 3
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