Snared Cows
In some farming papers, notably the Farmer and Stockbreeder, a succession of laments have been published from husbandmen whose cows have suffered from wire snares. Frequently the tongue is caught and it may be cut clean through. In such a case the animals have had to be slaughtered. The tongue, of course, is a most active member in grazing, and even in chewing the cud. One pedigree cow lost its tongue thus recently, but was so valuable that her owner set to work to teach her to graze and feed without it. To his own surprise he, and she, succeeded; and the intelligent animal learnt to prevent a certain dribbling while chewing the cud by holding her head aloft. The cruelty of setting the wire noose as well as the toothed trap in the open should be severely dealt with by the law, which is ineffectively administered.
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