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Cruel Bearing Reins and Bird Plume Trade Debate
A reprint from the ASPCA bulletin condemns bearing and check reins as minor horse cruelties. It cites medical and veterinary opposition, explains why tight reins harm horse necks and wind, and notes fashion and coachman convenience as flawed defenses. Also urged is a campaign against aigrettes and plume hunting with calls for legal action and public publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Hell
Anti-fearing-Rein Association
London
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
England
Fordham Flower
Stortford-on-Avon
Army
George Fleming
Royal Society For the Prevention
Royal College of Veterinary
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Aries
R. S. S. Baden-Powell