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by the efforts of the Society for the Prevention 

 of Cruelty to Animals, and which has placed the 

 care of animals under the control of the society. 

 This has done away with the abominable and 

 brutal muzzles which the law previously re- 

 quired for dogs, and has made owners much 

 more careful in registering their dogs, and in 

 not countenancing waifs in dogs or cats, which 

 are always subject to careless inattention or 

 positive cruelty. As we go to press, a bill has 

 just passed the Assembly at Albany extending 

 the provisions of this statute to the city of 

 Brooklyn, and has also extended the powers 

 of the society. 



