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against flies and insects. In my opinion no language too strong 
can be employed condemning this cruel operation.”— Dr. 
Samuel K. Johnson , Chief Surgeon Nezv York Veterinary Hos¬ 
pital. 
u I hope the day may soon arrive when veterinarians will 
refuse to perform the operation. With them, I believe, rests 
the solution of the problem whether or not c docking will re¬ 
main as it is, a useless, worthless, and inhuman mutilation. ’ ”— 
Prof. A. Liautard , M.D ., V.M. 
“ Those who practice docking do it clandestinely and cannot 
justify their act. That docking, or the mutilation of the tail, inflicts 
much pain and suffering cannot be denied. The structures in¬ 
volved—skin, muscles, nerves, blood-vessels, and bones—cannot 
be lacerated, and then seared with a red-hot iron, without caus¬ 
ing intense and often prolonged pain.”— Dr. L. McLean , M. R. 
C. V. S. 
u Besides the cruelty which is acknowledged to be identical 
with the operation, there are reasons on the ground of physi¬ 
ology why the tail should be left entire.” —George H. Dadd , 
u Theory and Practice of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery ,” 
P- 395 - . ... . 
“ Such operations as docking, nicking, and ear-cropping of 
horses must be classed together as not only cruel in themselves 
(useless and painful operations are cruel), but which render ani¬ 
mals less valuable.”— Geo. Fleming , C.B., LL.D., FR.C.V.S. 
“ To say that the mutilation is nearly painless is an untruth 
which any veterinary surgeon knows. To say that it is neces¬ 
sary in order to prevent the horse from throwing its tail over 
the reins and causing kicking and running away, only 
shows that a poor horseman is talking to you on a subject 
which he does not understand. I am ashamed when such men 
claim to belong to our profession, as they are a disgrace to it. 
During my thirty-five years of practice I have known several 
deaths of fine horses due to this useless mutilation.” —John IV. 
Gadsden , M. R. C. V. S. 
One Hundred and Forty Horses were slaughtered in 
Glasgow during January for use as human food. The carcasses 
were all exported. The Belgian Government has, however, 
prohibited the importation of dead horse-meat into that country. 
Horse-flesh for Belgium must be alive when it arrives in that 
country and must be inspected by the Belgian veterinary offi¬ 
cials. 
