Improved conditions in certain ships carrying livestock; fewer complaints regarding the ill-treatment of animals; and a smaller number of unwanted animals to handle are noted by the Shanghai Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in its report for September. Ships which were inspected required further insulation but the companies concerned had this attended to promptly.
Amusement centres received six sits, one of them requiring police intervention as the ponies were ne-gleeted, over-driven and suffering from harness sores; this establishment is temporarily closed and the animals—still under inspection—are being rested, Police cases during the month comprised one case of bristle-plucking (pigs), in which a fine of $20 was imsed by the F.M.C.; one case of a big lorry without a ramp, S.M.C., fined and one of working an unfit pony, fined $7.
Many homeless dogs were reported from the Wayside area and the police were approached. The Society learned that the Japanese military objected to such strays being shot, but it is reported that the police are now rounding up the "packs" which, with the advent of winter, would become a menace.
Typical of the cases handled by the
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