Note 35 — Chapter V · SPORT, OR AMATEUR BUTCHERY.

“It is extremely difficult to see why these tame deer of park and paddock should not be held to be domestic animals within the meaning of the Acts for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Indeed, if they have ceased to be feræ naturæ they must be domestic animals, unless there be some miserable tertium quid which is neither one nor the other. I am not aware that there ever has been a definite decision of the High Court upon this matter, and I venture to think that if a suitable case were to be taken up and properly argued, it is possible that a judgment welcome to humanitarians might be obtained.”—Sir George Greenwood (“Humane Review,” January, 1908).