If a man wants to ill-treat his wife, he always gives the most benevolent reason for so doing.
You have no right to oppress them and ill-treat them so.
It uses the word "ill-treat" at the beginning and it goes on to use other words which are forms of ill-treatment.
The word "ill-treat" in a general sense gives one the impression that in some physical way the animal has been hurt or injured.
In my submission "ill-treat" must embrace the element of terror, if it exists.
Quite rightly, we prosecute people in this country who ill-treat horses.
I think that very few people would, consciously and deliberately, ill-treat animals, certainly not valuable animals.
But there is the unfortunate minority who ill-treat their animals.
