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and 92 young ones, a very large number of polar bears, 

 wolves, foxes, dogs, hyaenas, leopards, 8 various bears, 

 and many birds. There were, however, no giraffes, and 

 Hagenbeck, when questioned, said, even now the Soudan 

 has been opened again, he fears that there are not so 

 many giraffes as there used to be there. ' Why,' he 

 said, ' in the summer season of 1876 I had no less than 

 thirty-five giraffes in my menagerie.' 



A staff of twenty men is employed in the menagerie, 

 and it costs Carl Hagenbeck £4,000 a year to feed his 

 collections in Hamburg and Stellingen, 



' All the animals look so well,' I remarked. ' How 

 is it done V 



' Do you know what the secret is ?' said Carl Hagen- 

 beck. ' It is not warmth that animals and birds require. 

 Why, I can show you photographs of my zebras and 

 flamingoes, my lions and my antelopes, standing out 

 in deep snow, and preferring it to a stuffy enclosed 

 den. The secret of how to keep wild animals well is 

 fresh air. They must have fresh air. All my lions can 

 walk from their warm dens out into an open-air den. 

 That's why they are well. Your lion house in London 

 is no good. You have outside cages, it is true, but the 

 animals are only allowed there in the summer months. 

 Must animals be allowed fresh air only in the summer? 

 Certainly not. They must have fresh air all the year 

 rou.nd, not hot, stuffy cages during the whole winter.' 



These are wise words from the most observing, most 

 successful keeper of live animals in the world. 



During my inspection of the Handels Menagerie it 

 was impossible to take photographs, owing to the rain 

 and terrific hailstorms. 



