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never-ending irritation and torture to a bear who 

 has been sentenced to end his days in a riotous en- 

 vironment. How he must yearn for the hush of the 

 wilderness ! And, as his sense of smell is also amaz- 

 ingly developed, perhaps he longs for a whiff of 

 pine-spiced air and the wild, exquisite perfume of 

 the violets. 



Experience in many zoos has shown that sub- 

 jecting caged grizzlies to close contact with people 

 is usually cruelty to animals. Often they become 

 cross, and a number of crowd-worried grizzlies 

 have died prematurely from resultant apoplexy. 

 Modem zoo bear-pens are constructed so that the 

 bear is beyond the wiles of visitors — so that he 

 can have much privacy — one of the needs of any 

 grizzly. Perhaps we too often think of the bulky 

 grizzly as being coarse and crude. But he is an ani- 

 mal of the highest type, sensitive, independent, 

 and retiring. The normal bear is good-tempered 

 and cheerful. 



A grizzly placed in new environment in associa- 

 tion with men will respond happily only to consid- 

 erate handling and proper feeding. Tell me what a 

 bear is fed and how, and I will tell you what the 

 bear is — his disposition and health. A grizzly 



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