Barbed Wire Kills Hunting 



BARBED wire is a curse. To a hunting man it is the 

 bitterest curse imaginable. I refuse to mince my words 

 about it, and anyone who has seen a farm-worker die 

 from blood-poisoning, a cow's udder torn to shreds, or 

 a valuable hunting horse mutilated by it will agree with 

 me. This is primarily an agricultural country. We 

 pride ourselves on the value of our export trade in 

 livestock and livestock products. Why then should we 

 expose our valuable livestock to the ever-present risk 

 of blood-poisoning, tetanus and mutilation by allowing 

 barbed wire to be used as fencing ? 



There is a prevalent saying that " Money Talks," so 

 I will let it do some talking to support my claim. A 

 cow at present is worth anything from 35 to 65. 

 Suppose that cow takes it into her head to do a bit 

 of thieving. She scrambles over a mearing fence into 

 some neighbour's grass and tears her udder on barbed 

 wire. She may be hung up for half the night on the 

 fence. She may be kicking and plunging in agony. 

 She is bleeding profusely, and every movement inflicts 

 additional lacerations. As may be imagined, the poor 

 creature is all the while in intense pain and is probably 

 semi-exhausted by the time she is released next morning. 

 Now, a whole succession of " ifs " appear. If she 



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