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Temporal and Commons in this present Parliament assembled, 
and by the authority of the same, as follows : — 
“ 1 . — (i) The word ‘ animal ’ in this Act means any beast or 
bird that is not included in the Cruelty to Animals Acts, 1849 
and 1854. 
“ (2) Any person who either — 
“ {a) takes part or assists in the hunting, coursing, or 
shooting of any animal which has been, or is, 
kept in confinement, or under restraint, and is 
released for the purpose of such hunting, cour- 
sing, or shooting ; or 
“ (i) keeps or uses, or assists in the management of 
any place for the purpose of such hunting, 
coursing, or shooting, or permits any place to 
be so used, 
shall be liable, on conviction in manner provided by the Sum- 
mary Jurisdiction Acts, to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds 
for each day on which he commits such offence, and in default 
of payment to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for not 
exceeding three months. 
“ (3) Any person who, whether principal, agent or servant, 
receives money, or other consideration, for the admission of any 
other person to any place kept or used for the purpose aforesaid 
shall be deemed to be the keeper of that place. 
“ (4) This Act shall not apply to the hunting, coursing, or 
shooting of any animal which has been released from all 
restraint or confinement, and has been at full liberty, three 
months before the day when such hunting, coursing, or shooting 
takes place. 
“ 2 . — This Act may be cited as the Prevention of Cruelty to 
Wild Animals Act, igoi.” 
It must be explained that this bill aims at the abolition of 
certain spurious sports, and thus at the protection of those 
animals which, though nominally wild, are in fact kept in con- 
finement and released for the immediate purpose of being 
hunted, coursed, or shot. The bill does not apply to any form 
of sport which is concerned with really wild animals, which have 
never been in confinement. The Cruelty to Animals Acts, 1849 
and 1854, with the exception of a Section which relates to fight- 
ing and baiting animals, apply exclusively to domestic animals. 
The Act for the Prevention of Cruelty to Wild Animals in 
Captivity, 1900, does not apply to the hunting or coursing of 
any animal unless it has been liberated in a mutilated or injured 
state. At present the animals which this bill is intended to 
protect enjoy no legal protection whatever from any kind of 
cruelty in sport. 
The Rev. J. Stratton, Hon. Sec. Sports’ Department, . 
Humanitarian League, has recently asked the Principals of 
Oxford and Cambridge Colleges, and the Headmasters of a 
number of Public Schools and Grammar Schools, if they could 
