198 OTHEE ANIMALS 



ments, or a canteen or a bandstand. The zoo is for the 

 use of the birds and beasts and the people who come to 

 see them, not for all these genteel irrelevancies, and a 

 parade of polite ornamentals. For birds which require 

 artificial heat, for instance, there is the example of the 

 tropical glass-house at Kew, which, intelligently adapted, 

 might very well do away with the barbarous conditions 

 of the Small Birds' Aviary. An antelope galloping over 

 the grass is worth ten in a barren pen. Fewer animals, 

 more space, more social and nuptial life, and as near an 

 approximation as possible to the natural environment of 

 the animal are the indispensable beginnings of reforming 

 the zoo. 



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