PHOTO BY E. R. SANBORN. 



RED FOXES. 



REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 

 OF THE ZOOLOGICAL PARK 



TO THE BOARD OF MANAGERS. 



DURING the early stage of every new and complex institu- 

 tion, its annual progress is a matter of prime importance 

 to the public. 



Throughout the year 1901 the development of the Zoological 

 Park has gone forward with rapidity and precision. By reason 

 of an unusually mild autumn, the building season was much 

 longer than usual, and as a result the record of improvements 

 undertaken and completed during the year is surpassed only by 

 that of 1899. With the finishing of the Lion House, about 

 July I, 1902, the Zoological Park will stand about one-half com- 

 pleted in accordance with the original plan. 



NATIONAL SCOPE. 



It is gratifying to observe that even thus early in its history 

 the Zoological Park is regarded by many persons outside of 

 New York as an institution of national interest. Unsolicited 

 gifts of valuable animals have come from many States far dis- 

 tant from New York, and from Mexico, Cuba, England, and 

 Germany. On questions of Zoological Park development, the 

 Society's advice has been sought by numerous organizations 

 and municipalities, and requests for our pubHcations have come 

 from all directions. 



Because of the undisputed fact that the Zoological Park is 

 not merely a local institution, the Society has strongly objected 



