Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 274, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1914 — MAKE THE BUTCHER HUMANE [ARTICLE]

MAKE THE BUTCHER HUMANE

Old Horses Are to Be Converted into Food by More_Merciful Methods. London. —The shipping of worn-out horses to the slaughter houses in Holland and Belgium, which created a scandal, has been stopped, perhaps permanently, by the war. To prevent its revival, a commercial company has been formed with the approval and assistance of the Royal society for the Prevention ot Cruelty to Animals for the purpose of converting Worthless horses into salable products. But unlike in the slaughter houses of the continent, whose revolting methods shocked all England and caused parliament to pass a law regulating the traffic, the animals, will have humane treatment until they receive- a painless death. * *