Double-humped Camel 



The Humane Treatment of Animals in Zoological 



Gardens 



R. W. Shufeldt 



(Photographs by the author) 



Zoological gardens in large cities represent an institution dat- 

 ing far back into the history of not a few of the world's civilized 

 nations, and they are to-day maintained in similar places on both 

 Continents, as at London, Berlin, Melbourne, New York, and 

 Washington, as well as in other large cities. There is every reason 

 to believe that still others will be founded in the future, and man- 

 aged much as they have been in years gone by; but with some 

 improvement, it is to be hoped, derived from the teachings of 

 modern zoological science. 



Even in these days of advancement there are many who possess 

 but very indefinite ideas as to the necessity and value of a prop- 

 erly sustained zoological garden as an educational factor in any 

 large civilized community at the present time. As a matter of 

 fact, however, the practical ends to be met by a large and varied 

 collection of living animals, scientifically cared for in a sufficiently 

 large area simulating their normal environment, are so far-reach- 

 ing and important, that it would be quite out of the question to 

 deal with them very fully in this article, which is to be mainly 



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