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OKAPI IN THE 
The young Okapi arrived in Antwerp from Buta, in the Uele, Congo in August 1919. 
AN OKAPI IN THE ANTWERP 
ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN 
A T last a fine and perfect living specimen of 
the rare and elusive okapi has been brought 
out of Africa, and landed safely in a 
zoological garden for public exhibition.* 
On August 10, a female specimen fourteen 
months old, arrived at the Antwerp Zoological 
Garden, direct from Buta, in the Uele country, 
in the great rain belt of the Upper Congo. It 
is the specimen described in the article by Mr. 
Lang in the July, 1919, issue of the BuLLetin. 
This okapi was reared through the skill and 
enterprise of Mrs. Landeghem, wife of the Bel- 
gian Commissioner at Buta, in Uele, Belgian 
Congo. It was planned in Buta, before the ani- 
mal departed for Europe, that it should be 
taken to Antwerp by Mr. Lebrun, an official of 
the British government and himself a great lover 
of animals. No doubt that plan was carried into 
effect. 
Readers of the BuLLETIN are reminded of the 
great illustrated article in the May 1918, issue, 
by the famous explorer in Equatorial Africa for 
the American Museum of Natural History, Mr. 
Herbert Lang. Its title was “In Quest of 
* The young okapi did not survive in captivity very long, dying September 20, 
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ANTWERP ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS 
the Okapi,” 
ly fine. 
and the illustrations are surpassing- 
FEATHERED MARAUDERS. 
Ow xs Prey 
UBURBAN aviculturists expect to en- 
counter pests in the form of feral vermin, 
on Birpo House Occupants. 
and endure their depredations with a 
philosophic spirit, as part of the game. But an 
urban institution partially surrounded by 
crowded apartment houses, might naturally hope 
to have only the parasitic animals of civilization, 
such as cats and rats, to contend with. Unfor- 
tunately, we are beset by both groups. Rats and 
cats we have with us always, although usually 
not for long, since their partial extermination 
has been well systematized. But for combatting 
the piratical visitors that periodically descend 
upon us from the wooded areas to the north, we 
are less well equipped. 
Raccoons, oppossums and even foxes, enter the 
Park at surprisingly frequent intervals, and al- 
ways take their toll of our birds before they can 
be captured. Hawks visit us in numbers dur- 
ing each migration. Screech owls are perma- 
nent residents in the Park and each winter re- 
1919.—Editor. 
