Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1895 — A Dreadful Slaughter of Cats. [ARTICLE]

A Dreadful Slaughter of Cats.

A hundred tons of cats tails were recently sold in one lot in London for the purpose of ornamenting ladies’ wearing apparel. Assuming that an average cat’s tail would weigh a couple of ounces, this would mean that no fewer than 1,792,000 pussies had been killed just to supply thia one deal alone. ,