Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 250, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1915 — Birds, Cats and Dogs in War. [ARTICLE]

Birds, Cats and Dogs in War.

Bird and animal lovers have made an investigation of the effect upon both domestic and wild creatures of gunfire. especially heavy cannonading, says the Cologne correspondent of the Associated Press. They find that for two and sometimes three days the birds are terribly excited and fly back and forth in bewilderment, and that cats and dogs hide in the darkest places they can find. At the end of that time, however, their excitement subsides and they become absolutely impervious to the noise.