Show KINDNESS ARE in the midst of a week set apart to W WE focus attention on humane treatment of dumb animals It seems rather strange that there is need to impress upon civilized men omel and children the fact that all living creatures are arc entitled to kindness Even Eren those which we must destroy should be spared cruelty and suffering Our domestic animals earn e even en more than mere kindness There are those which pcr perform rm useful service in sharing sharing shar- shar ing our work those which contribute to our nourishment and those others which are pleas ant companions for both adults and childr n. n All these surely are entitled to receive re re- wards ards that go beyond comfortable housing ample food and ne needed ded attention when they are ill or hurt The kindly individual who bestows appreciation upon these dumb brutes knows full well that it is acknowledged with something that comes v very ry close to measuring up with hU ns Too roo often in f fact et it even goes beyond the capac capacity t of some ind to recognize an act or gesture of kind kind- liness 1 William L. L a director of the Salt Lake Humane society invites public attention attention at- at to t the le of the week here The appeal should not go unheeded and nd the consciousness stirred during the week should carry carryover over into the future There is no need to awell upon any reason why dumb animals should he be treated humanely There should be full understanding in any auy normal person or of orthe the right of every living Jiving creature to peaceful existence comfort care and protection or in inthe inthe the ease case of those which must be disposed of to destruction in a a n which spares them pain paink The necessity does oes exist for calling attention at at- to this human obligation as recurrent reports of cruel tr of animals atteSt The he Humane performs a useful service ut irr setting this week apart to encourage kind kind- n ss to brute things li are at mans man's mercy |