6 NOVEMBER 1886, Page 15

THE MUTILATION OF ANIMALS.

[T0 TEN EDITOR or run " SrEcrArOs."] rSra,—The docking of horses, alluded to by " X.," is punishable -by law, and has been punished in several instances. Every case that comes to light should be brought before the notice of the society for 'the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with a view

to a prosecution. Docking is a brutal and inexcusable practice, and this I maintain, while well aware of the paltry excuses made