THE TRANSPORT OF CATTLE
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
Sin,—May I through your columns appeal for different treat- ment for cattle in market and in transit ? In Brussels Market all the calves are fed, while in ours they arc left for hours without any food at all. A frequent method of sending calves by rail is to tie their legs tightly together and place them in sacks : when released they are often unable to stand from cramp and exhaustion. Since this is not the method always employed, it proves that it cannot be absolutely necessary. In a visit to a pig factory, I was shown by the manager a large number of carcasses with the legs broken— these injuries being caused during transit on the railway.
Many of the animals are brought from long distances to market and unless children are excluded from it, it is quite customary to see them beating the animals with sticks when perhaps the poor creatures have sunk down to rest. One trough of water is usually provided in a market, but the water is generally unfit to drink and. the animals are not
even allowed the benefit of this. - If these facts were made more public then some alterations might be made by the market authorities and the railway management.—I am, Sir,
Secretary.
The Council of Justice to Animals and Humane Slaughter Association,
42 Old Bond Street, London, IV. 1.
[Few women have done more practical work for the cause of better treatment of animals than Miss Violet Wood.— En. Spectator.]
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