Is the Irish practice of dishorning cattle an act of cruelty? :

the short-hand writer's report of evidence given at Blofield Petty Sessions, on November 26th, 1888, on an information directed by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, against Mr. Jeremiah Cozens Wiley, farmer, Little Plumstead, and three of his servants, for cruelty to 32 Oxen, which had been dishorned by him on the 8th and 15th of October, 1888, etc. /
[R.S.P.C.A.].
Bibliographic Details
Contributors: Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: London : John Colam, Secretary RSPCA, [ca. 1888]
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Notes:Stamped: Withdrawn from Newcastle Libraries.

Physical description: 101p. : ill. ; 33 cm.

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