Show in ft a recent article on fur raising people are censured man Is master of all for wearing furs the fact lower animals that anyone could be so BO inhuman as to think of raising by E A W SELIN seattle aia inar fur bearing animals for their skins inspires t the be writers ees criticism man is master of all the lower animals and unless they can be of service to him they are doomed to extinction suppose we could be persuaded suddenly that it is inhuman to kill pigs it would be necessary to put a few in our zoological gardens or the next generation would never see one yet the president of the united states is credited with encouraging boys of the south to raise pigs to kill it is more important to prolong the life of a species of animal or bird than it is to allow an individual of the species to live out its natural life moreover it is more merciful to the individual animal to raise it protect it from its natural enemies and finally let it have a painless death than it is to let it run wild and have to fight continually for existence finally losing in the fight by being destroyed by a stronger foe I 1 do not know where the humane individual draws the line but it seems to me more cruel to catch a fly on a piece of sticky paper and let it suffer for hours till death relieves it than it is to raise a skunk a steer or a muskrat till it reaches its prime and then destroy its life so BO it can fulfill the purpose of its existence to be of some service to its master r i |