China there is no provision made for convicting on charges of cruelty 10 animals, and therefore the work of the Society is so greatly hampered as almost to remove all chance of dunging about the punishment of wrong-doers. Nevertheless there is little that goes on in Shanghai of a harmful nature to animals that does not come to the attention of Mr. K. E. Newman, honorary secretary and treasurer, and meant have been found in several instances to bring the culprits to book, A Visit to French Kennels It is interesting to note that the treatment of dogs which have fallen into the hands of the police of the French Concession has long since been brought to the notice of the Society's officers, and on three Joceasions, after considerable correspondence betiveen the interested parties, trips were made to the Scene, but on arrival the dogs were found to be the recipient of most careful and solicitous attention. Now again there is the evidence of thos? who have written letters describing 4 vastly different state of affairs, and few will question the veracity of those interested enough to appear in print in protest against the conditions they found in the French Concession police kennels.
The epidemic of mad dogs in che Settlement, some months ago, which caused considerable worry at the time, was stopped before it had reached serious proportions largely through the excellent work of the Society. Though steps were taken during the action to keep the body far from the limelight in the matter, nevertheless it is a fact known to those few interested that the Society took the matter in its own hands with the hest results,
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