never-ending irritation and torture to a bear who 

 has been sentenced to end his days in a riotous en- 

 vironment. How he must yearn for the hush of the 

 wilderness ! And, as his sense of smell is also amaz- 

 ingly developed, perhaps he longs for a whiff of 

 pine-spiced air and the wild, exquisite perfume of 

 the violets. 



Experience in many zoos has shown that sub- 

 jecting caged grizzlies to close contact with people 

 is usually cruelty to animals. Often they become 

 cross, and a number of crowd-worried grizzlies 

 have died prematurely from resultant apoplexy. 

 Modern zoo bear-pens are constructed so that the 

 bear is beyond the wiles of visitors so that he 

 can have much privacy one of the needs of any 

 grizzly. Perhaps we too often think of the bulky 

 grizzly as being coarse and crude. But he is an ani- 

 mal of the highest type, sensitive, independent, 

 and retiring. The normal bear is good-tempered 

 and cheerful. 



A grizzly placed in new environment in associa- 

 tion with men will respond happily only to consid- 

 erate handling and proper feeding. Tell me what a 

 bear is fed and how, and I will tell you what the 

 bear is his disposition and health. A grizzly 

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