Bearing Animals. 
NS FOR PREVENTING THEM 
BECOMING EXTINCT. 
\Villiam: cE Hornaday, Director of the 
eal Park, New York, addressing the an. 
r of the Zoological Society, uttered a 
‘against the wearing of furs from certain 
: e preserv ation of fur-bearing wild ani- 
as the selection of breeding stock, to 
se species threatened with “exter mina- 
s from the western part of the United 
rt that the last has been seen of the 
droves that used to be a feature of the 
’ life in America. The owner of a 
Ei sant Valley, Nevada, has sold for 4 
Ja apiece the hides of 900 wild horses 
nerly disported themselves upon his 
, according fo the correspondent who 
report, there are no other wild horses 
General Notes. 
a ie By Joun D. Hamtyn. 
T 4 certain man living lately in Walworth 
now started in Horsham, Sussex, as a 
sal supplier of every conceivable animal, 
reptile. Just to give an example of his 
Arrivals, he offers 8 giraffes, 4 gorillas, 
inzees, 50 black apes, 4 orans, 2 two 
d rhinoceros, 4 quaggas; in fact, the ani- 
ationed only on one list would be worth 
estion very much if he has that num- 
lings his own money. 
idea is to demand a third of the pur- 
ey in advance. I should be pleased 
any reader who has been so fool- 
mi money. His address is East 
THAT ‘Mr. Westley IT. Page has received another. 
: small lot of birds from Calcutta. 
THAT the Victory Circus, Olympia, and the 2: 
World’s Fair, Islington, are now closed. 
There were several splendid animal acts 
at Olympia—the Musical Elephants and Wood- 
ward’s Wonderful Sea Lion. 
to watch Mr. Woodward’s efforts as Charlie 
Chaplin. 
THAT “Jessie,” the second largest Indian ele-_ 
phant at the Zoo died last week, is believed to 
have been about 20 years old. Among ele- 
phants in European countries this is akin to 
middle-age. 
THAT visitors to the Zoological Gardens during 
1919 numbered 1,515,042, being an increase of 
659,565 as compared with 1918. 
cal Society’s.monthly report states that during 
December 33,003 persons visited the gardens. 
The receipts for admission last year amounted 
to £44,491, an increase over the previous year 
of £23,656. During December rinety-nine ad- 
ditions were made to the menagerie. 
THAT “Old Mac,” the pride of the Johannesburg 
Zoo is dead. He was the first animal in the 
Zoo and was a great attraction to all lovers of 
animals. Says the Jo’burg “Star” of the 18th 
inst. The paper however is silent on the ques- 
tion of “Old Mac’s” identity, whether he was 
a lion, a brontosaurus, or a Scotchman, is a_ 
matter of conjecture. 
THAT a Bombay paper reports :— 
Raids by a 
causing great terror among the * villagers of 
Berar on the border of Nizam Province. 
Recently seven persons were killed and de- 
voured, while. many others were attacked but 
escaped. A reward of 20 rupees is offered to 
everyone who kills a wolf. 
THAT Mr. Wilfrid Frost has gone to New 
Guinea on behalf of the Zoological Gardens, 
Regents Park. [From their report he is ex- 
pected to bring back Cassawaries, mary varie- 
ties of Birds of Paradise, Black Cockatoos, 
Babirusous from Celebes, Orans and Gibbons 
from Singapore, with crowds of small birds. 
He will indeed be a wonderful man if he 
arrives home with only half above mentioned 
stock. Wait and see! ; 
THAT Captain F. A. M. Webster (late King’s 
African Rifles) giv es some very interesting ine 
formation in the ‘“Badmington Magazine” on 
“Are there any Undiscovered Animals?” It is 
well worth reading. 
THAT the “Daily Mail’ has been discussing _ 
“Why African Elephants are not tamed.” Mr. : 
Jenkin Jenkins is quite right when he says. 
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It was amusing 
The Zoologi- 
pack of man-eating wolves are 
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