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The purpose of this picture seems to be to give more light on the question of vivisection. It is a truthful, sincere statement, dramatically presented, of a chosen incident and pictures the accidental death of a pretty puppy under an anesthetic and the consequent distress of the mother dog. Every tragedy is a picture of suffering, but every tragedy suggests in some measure a human escape from suffering. It is humanely educational. The principal of this tragedy is one of the dumb brutes, the poor mother dog. She has nothing to do with the causes of her sorrow and perhaps learns nothing from it. Her part in the picture is not without its pain and apprehension and to a certain extent the makers of this picture placed themselves in the same position with the vivisecting scientists. Of course the puppy wasn't killed, but the mother acted as though she was very much afraid something fearful was about to happen. The picture is dramatically effective up to the point of the puppy's supposed death. It's a very unusual picture and very well acted. - The Moving Picture World, August 5, 1911