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Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 3994, 29 July 1915, Page 5

“Any action taken in_ connection with the animals of the Now Zeaiano expeditionary forces is undertaken with a view to doing the best for tho animals themselves, thus rendet ii'S them as lit as possible for the service required,” said too Hon . Alien in a letter received bv the committee or the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to' Animals, as its meeting tb<> other night. The Minister went on t-o say that'for sanitary reasons it was deemed advisable to keen tho hair ot the horses cut and the tails as short as possible owing to the danger ol contagious diseases. The letter was a reply to a complaint made by tUo society some time ago about t.ie doc-k----in o- of the manes ajul tods or Non Zealand army horses on active- service, [t. was then contended bv tho society that the practice was needlessly cruel, and one that robbed tho annuals o. a valuable protection against flies awl other insects that abounded m tropica.' countries like Egypt. Since the Ministerial explanation, however, the society is satisfied that the officers »t . charge of the horses are merely doing what is best for the animals.