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mals that it was decided to put him into a 

 close yard as a means of protecting them. 



But one would almost have thought that he 

 knew he was going to be put into solitary con- 

 finement, judging by the terrific resistance he 

 made and the amount of time and trouble it 

 took to get him there. In the final struggle, 

 when he appeared so wildly vicious that he 

 was like a mad animal, he stumbled and in 

 some curious way broke his leg. After this 

 there was nothing left but to shoot him, which 

 was accordingly done. He dressed to 445 

 pounds of the finest elk meat which had ever 

 been eaten by the City Officials in Buffalo, 

 who evidently enjoyed it to the full. In 

 fact, I am afraid that in some instances Reno 

 was far more appreciated after his death than 

 during his life. All those in the Zoo could 

 not fail to be relieved of so much trouble and 

 anxiety, not to mention the daily danger, and 

 certainly those who partook of his carcass 

 were truly glad he had died. 



In the Antelope House at the New York 

 Zoological Park there is a pair of animals 



