. My birds in freedom & captivity. Birds. CHAPTER XIV CRUELTY TO BIRDS " The chief interest of the leisure of mankind has been found in the destruction of the creatures which they professed to believe ' even the Most High would not see perish without ; I HAVE touched upon different ways in which birds are neglected and improperly treated in cap- tivity, but there are many things yet which human beings have to realise more fully and more universally with regard to cruelty. People of some nations are much more humane to dumb animals than those of others. Northern nations are f
. My birds in freedom & captivity. Birds. CHAPTER XIV CRUELTY TO BIRDS " The chief interest of the leisure of mankind has been found in the destruction of the creatures which they professed to believe ' even the Most High would not see perish without ; I HAVE touched upon different ways in which birds are neglected and improperly treated in cap- tivity, but there are many things yet which human beings have to realise more fully and more universally with regard to cruelty. People of some nations are much more humane to dumb animals than those of others. Northern nations are fonder of them, as a rule, than southern. But even in England, the country far excellence where birds and animals are kept in a superior way, there is much to be corrected and rectified. Amongst birds in a wild state there is that abominable and ruthless destruction of particular 206. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Astley, Hubert Delaval, 1860-. New York, Dutton
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