REPORT OF THE 

 DIRECTOR OF THE ZOOLOGICAL PARK 



TO THE BOARD OF MANAGERS 



THE zoological parks of America are today handicapped hy 

 two very serious conditions. The first is the awful de- 

 struction of the world's finest wild animals, and the disappear- 

 ance of desirable species from the list of availables. To this 

 cause is directly due the partial or total absence from public 

 wild-animal collections of the following species : 



Passenger Pigeon Rocky Mountain Sheep 



Carolina Parrakeet European Bison 



California Condor White Rhinoceros 



Andean Condor Indian Rhinoceros 



Roseate Spoonbill Sable Antelope 



Scarlet Ibis Kudu 



Flamingo Leucoryx Antelope 



Great Bustard Thylacine 



Greater Bird of Paradise Wombat 



Lesser Bird of Paradise Manatee 



Jobi Bird of Paradise Beaver 



Lyre Bird Otter 



Wild Turkey Marten 



Pinnated Grouse Fisher 



Willow Ptarmigan Wolverine 

 Prong-Horned Antelope 



The second handicap on American zoological parks is the 

 sweeping prohibition of the Department of Agriculture which 

 forbids the importation of any ruminant animal, or any mem- 

 ber of the swine family, coming from either Europe, Asia, 

 Africa or South America. The effect of this wholesale slaughter 

 of possibilities will, if the prohibition continues, soon begin to 

 be visible to the public in empty cages ; for even the best-kept 

 hoofed animals are not immortal. It is indeed fortunate that 

 the New York Zoological Park was heavily stocked with rumi- 

 nant animals before the ban was laid on. 



The fact that thus far no contageous disease ever has been 

 brought into this country by a wild animal, seems to have no 



