CARE AND EXHIBITION OF ANIMALS 



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Care and Exhibition of Animals in 

 Zoological Gardens. 



BY R. W. SHUFELDT, M. D., CORR. MEMBER 



OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF 



LONDON, ETC. 



[Photographs by the author made especially 



for this article.] 



There has been very considerable 



interest aroused lately in regard to 



the care and comfort of all manner 



for, if properly conducted and main- 

 tained, a zoological park constitutes an 

 educational center of a very far-reach- 

 ing importance. Indeed, if equipped, 

 stocked, and managed as it should be, 

 its influence upon many of the arts 

 and sciences is truly marvellous, while 

 it has long been recognized as an es- 

 tablishment where biologists, artists, 



FIG. 1. BOX-CAGES CONTAINING COUGAR, COYOTES. OCELOT, LYNX, ETC. 



TWO BEARS. 



AT ONE TIME 



of animals kept in captivity. This has 

 manifested itself in various ways, as 

 the convening of important Con- 

 gresses, composed of delegates and 

 others, from many places in different 

 parts of the country, and the atten- 

 tion it is constantly receiving in the 

 press. 



To maintain a well stocked zoologi- 

 cal garden, of a size worthy of the 

 name, is an expensive proposition for 

 any city ; so it is no wonder that we 

 have, notwithstanding our ninety mil- 

 lions of people — and in common with 

 many other populous, civilized na- 

 tions — so few institutions of this class. 

 Aside from the National Zoological 

 Park at Washington ; the Bronx Park 

 of New York City I the Philadelphia 

 "Zoo," and the Zoological Garden at 

 Cincinnati, there are no others of un- 

 usual extent in the United States, or 

 any that contains large representative 

 collections of animals. 



This is very much to be deplored ; 



sculptors, anatomists, physicians, zoo- 

 geographers, and many others may ob- 

 tain data most essential to their sev- 

 eral professional callings and special 

 researches. 



It is safe to say that, in the matter 

 of acreage, the National Zoological 

 Park at Washington, D. C, with its 

 five hundred acres or more of terri- 

 tory, is of greater extent, many times 

 over, than all the rest of such places in 

 this country put together. Not only is 

 this the case, but the topography of 

 this reservation is of exceptional 

 beauty and diversity. It is a most 

 fertile tract of land on the very boun- 

 dary of the city, and so located that 

 it is of easy access to everyone. 

 Topographically speaking, it is highly 

 rugged and rocky and most of it is 

 rolling or markedly hilly. There is 

 little of it which is more or less level ; 

 some parts are heavily timbered, and 

 many isolated, magnificent trees oc- 

 cur at attractive points. Winding 



