A Little Word from a Little Bird
Poor Dicky
Genre: | Letter, Spoof |
Subjects: | Ornithology, Animal Behaviour, Crime, Government, Cruelty |
Discusses a report of a case of a 'brute' who was acquitted of unlawfully breaking the wings of a canary, and urges that maltreatment of birds should be recognised by English law as a punishable offence. | |
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