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HELEN'S BABIES CHRISTENED 



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most savage of beasts. Head Keeper Bill Snyder, probably the 

 best all around animal man in the world, is both their foster 



mother and father. 

 Never a stick or whip 

 does he carry, nor an 

 angry word does he 

 utter; he never shows 

 fear toward "his pets" 

 but always expresses 

 love. To a beast they 

 . return this feeling, and 

 no matter what the 

 animal, be it lion or 

 elephant , pelican or 

 mongoose, or anything 

 between, they feel his 

 presence and bear his 

 touch. 



The question of cap- 

 tivity lessening fero- 

 ciousness of wild ani- 

 mals after several gener- 

 ations recently brought 

 up by some animal 

 men is interesting, and seems probable. Mr. Snyder says 



no. He bases his 



answer on twenty- 

 eight years of exper- 

 ience, and the success- 

 ful breeding of the 

 finest collection of 

 lions in the world. 



Four lion cubs chinning themselves. 

 Week old. 



Jenny and her week old 

 baby. Only baby Zebra 

 ever born in captivity. 

 Central Park Zoo, New 



York City. 



