Sufferings of Birds 
and even those in foe Tyee Tiergarten in 
Berlin and the magnificent menagerie at 
Schonbrunn were sacrificed. It must, how- 
ever, be noted that in May 1918 the Berlin 
Zoological Gardens Association was sued for 
10,000 marks damages by a landlord whose 
block of flats adjoined the Zoo. He claimed 
that the menagerie—including both the caged 
animals and the Berliners who made too 
much noise while eating on the fashionable 
Zoo dining-terrace—so disturbed the peace 
of the neighbourhood that tenants for his 
flats could only be secured with difficulty 
(Daily Mail, 17.v.18). 
In the battle-areas pet birds ran no less 
risks than their owners. Among the tragedies 
of the War must be included the destruction 
of the incomparable collection of live birds 
at Villers-Bretonnaux, belonging to Lieu- 
tenant J. Delacour, which occurred during 
the German push towards Amiens in the 
earlier part of 1918. The collection com- 
prised some 360 birds, representing 141 
species, all of which were destroyed (Avzicul- 
tural Magazine, vol. ix. pp. 269, 305). 
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