HOW ANIMALS SHOULD BE HANDLED 



By J. H. POWELL 



"With Photographs by the Author 



IT is remarkable that although animals 

 are so largely kept, either as pets or 

 as a means of profit to their owners, 



love for dumb creatures would l)e the 



natural outcome. 



A canary should not be grasped hke 



a puppy, nor a 

 nervous little 

 mouse like a 

 \'igorous young 

 kitten. In the 

 case of birds de- 

 signed for show 

 purposes the 

 plumage can 

 easily be dis- 

 arranged by in- 

 judicious hand- 

 ling, and the 

 prize-winning 

 chances serious- 

 ly jeopardised. 



The canary is 

 undoubtedly one 



CANARY. 



few people really know how they should 

 properly be handled. Doubtless in many 

 cases the idea exists that it does not 

 matter how an animal is picked up, and 

 this is particularly so when live-stock is 

 kept Simply for profit. The feelings o 

 the animals are not studied, and hence 

 injury is often — though unwittingly — in- 

 flicted. 



The proper treatment of animals when 

 kept, as they so often are, as pets by 

 young people, should form part of the 

 education of children. How often a 

 puppy or a kitten is to be seen roughly 

 handled owing to the lack of this knowledge 

 on the part of the young owner. Witli 

 such knowledge much unintentional 

 cruelty would be avoided, and a greater 



llO^ TO EXAMINE A CANARY FOR WING INJURY. 



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