Mangy Curs and Stoned Horses: Animal control in the District of Columbia from the beginnings to about 1940

A detailed study of animal control (control of farm and pet animals in public places) in Washington DC, from 1791 to the early 1940s, both by the District government (police and pound) and voluntary organizations (humane and shelter groups). Besides control and impounding of stray animals, the work describes efforts -- governmental and private -- to curb cruelty to animals, and also the history of collection of dead animals from city streets. A full list of laws, regulations and court decisions affecting these issues is given in an appendix as well as forty pages of statistics underpinning the narrative.Besides statistics, procedures, legalities, etc, the work includes many amusing anecdotes (capturing Pres. Gran't cow; the pound crew attacked by furious hog owners) and information on such ancillary topics as dog-fighting, abattoirs, muzzle types, and fashionable breeds of dogs.