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time starting as a large abscess, and developing rapidly into ne- 

 crosis. By stringent methods of isolation and disinfection the 

 malady was stamped out. There has been no indication of a 

 recurrence during the past four months. 



Several old and decrepit buffaloes were mercifully destroyed, 

 by shooting. We lost the female Yezo bear during a fight with 

 a cagemate and it was found necessary to destroy the hybrid 

 Sloth-Russian Brown bear owing to that animal becoming so 

 savage that it was extremely dangerous for the keepers to enter 

 the dens at cleaning time. There was but a single loss worthy 

 of note in the Primate House, and this involved an East African 

 baboon that had been on exhibition nearly from the time the 

 building was opened. Other extremely old specimens that died 

 during the year were a Congo sitatunga and an Atlai wapiti. 

 One of our sea lions was killed during a fight with a newly ar- 

 rived specimen and another specimen died of pneumonia during 

 the cold wave in early January. A young male eland was at- 

 tacked by a larger bull and killed. 



Following is a list of births during 1918: 



*KiIIefl hy parent. 



During the year we sold four gray wolves, ten I'ed deer and 

 two tahr. 



Under the skillful liaudling of KeoixT D'Osta, in charge 

 of the Primate House, (he laige chimpanzee Susette performed 

 daily in the large outside cage at the northerly end of the Pri- 

 mate House. This continued during the warm spring, sum- 



