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NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



CAUSES OF DEATHS AMONG MAMMALS DURING 1912. 



but the mother's milk seems to be of vital importance to their 

 existence for the first few days after birth, and very few at- 

 tempts in that line are successful. 



Need for a New Hospital. — The need for the new Hospital 

 Building which has been projected, and for which funds have 

 been asked of the City, is very great. The present structure 

 is built of wood ; it has now been in use about twelve years, 

 and it is in a practically hopeless state of dilapidation. Mani- 

 festly, it is inadvisable to spend any considerable sum in placing 

 it in a state of repair, in view of the fact that a new structure 

 has been planned for the near future. The cage-work of the 

 old building needs to be completely renewed, but it seems un- 

 wise to expend funds upon repairs to a structure that in the 

 nature of things must soon be torn down. The building is 

 small and at the best it never was anything more than an excuse 

 for a modern animal hospital. Its further use is both unwise 

 and dangerous, and the erection of a new building at an early 

 date is an imperative necessity. 



