"The responsibility to punish animals was discussed. It was suggested by the anonymous writer that punishment of animals should be done with consideration of their 'intelligence and the real necessities of the case.' Considered more important that the cruelty done to animals was the effect the cruelty had upon the human being administering the cruelty. The explanation was that 'doing wrong to animals' was a 'stepping stone to the doing of wrong to our fellow men.'"