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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 66
[mission statement]
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The Society is established for the protection of Animals, by encouraging a more considerate feeling for them, and, when necessary, by prosecuting anyone who may be guilty of cruelty.
As it is manifestly impossible for one man, however energetic he may be, to know all that may be done against the law, the Committee earnestly request information on any supposed act of cruelty from any person, whether a member of the Society or not. It is desirable that all letters should bear the name and address of the writer, as a guarantee of good faith, and also that the Secretary may communicate the result of the investigation of the case; but all such letters will be treated as strictly confidential if the writer so wishes.