Bestiarianism v. Common Sense . [September, 
II. BESTIARIANISM v. COMMON SENSE* 
(Concluded from page 460.) 
f LN our last issue we showed the utter and fatal incon- 
L sistency of those persons who condemn physiological 
experimentation, and who yet make themselves, per- 
sonally or by proxy, parties to the infliction of restraint, 
pain, and death upon animals on an incomparably — we 
might almost say infinitely — larger scale. We turn now to 
those who at least strive to be consistent, and whose objeCt 
is the emancipation of animals alike from the scientific 
experimentalist, from the sportsman, the angler, the butcher, 
the castrator, the horse-breaker, and driver. Whether any 
living person really takes this point of view in its entirety, 
after a full consideration of what it involves, may be doubted. 
We have heard of persons who mount the anti-viviseCtionist 
platform, who eschew animal matter for food and clothing, 
and who rejeCt “ sport ” in all its branches. But they still 
employ the forced labour of animals ; they would cultivate 
the ground, although in so doing they must destroy — as Mr. 
Mattieu Williams reminded them in a recent issue of the 
“ Journal of Science” (p. 396) — myriads of animals, and if 
troubled either with Epizoa or Entozoa they would not 
scruple to apply, in the one case, Persian powder and the 
small-tooth comb, and in the other anthelmintics. Conse- 
quently such persons must either admit of arbitrary excep- 
tions to their creed of animal emancipation, or they must 
make themselves a party to their own extirpation and that 
of their species. If we cease feeding upon oxen, sheep, 
hares, rabbits, &c., we must make an end of them ; for 
when no longer to be made subservient to our purposes they 
become simply enemies, who, if they do not attack us per- 
sonally, wage war against us by occupying and spoiling the 
ground, and by consuming the fruits of the earth. Even 
now the competition between man and man renders it 
difficult enough for men to live. What will be the case in 
* Experimental Physiology, its Benefits to Mankind. By Richard Owen, 
C.B., M.D., F.R.S., &c. London : Longmans. 
The Uselessness of Vivise&ion upon Animals as a Method of Scientific 
Research. By Lawson Tait, F.R.C.S. Birmingham : Herald Press. 
The Ethics of Vivise&ion. By Dr. S. Wilks. Contemporary Review, 
