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Show CRUELTY TO AX DIALS Cruelty to animals is not only inhuman, but it shows that the man, woman or child guilty of it doesn't appreciate the value . of animals to the human race. Occasionally we have seen a man kick a dog, or lash a horse, and we wondered if he could possibly realize that even the old, uncivilized races of prehistoric times had more sense than to do so. Thousands of dogs, specially trained to the sound of cannons can-nons and the crack ofi guns, carried messages, sought out injured and played a wonderful part in the recent World War. Horses by the thousands pulled up heavy artillery and conveyed food to the troops. Even the familiar house cat was put to work catching catch-ing rats in the trenches. Camels by the score died hauling heavy guns over rugged roads and trails and pigeons carried important telegrams from one post to another, hundreds of them being shot dead or so seriously crippled that they had to be killed. Animals were great friends of mankind on the battlefields, battle-fields, and we ought not to forget that they did their bit as best they could. When we kick a dog to one side or throw something at a cat or unmercifully beat a horse, there ought to be within us a sense of shame that would punish us in like proportion for being unmerciful to a creature that befriended us at a time when we were glad to have even the dumb creatures for friends. |