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Show Wild Creatures Die Fast When Captives The average person who visits a zoo for study and enjoyment often falls to realize the expert care and henvy expenditure ex-penditure demanded in Its upkeep. Death takes a frequent toll among the animals and the birth rate cannot begin be-gin to make replacement. The four corners of the earth must be scoured or many an empty cage would confront con-front visitors, says th New York Times. Every month a nronortlm, of th t. miliar animals die, and rare beasts and birds with strange names nlso succumb. suc-cumb. Every month purchases are made that may range from 25 cents for a box tortoise to $000 for a pair of Gelada baboous. Usually the highest mortality Is among the birds. Next come the mam-mals, mam-mals, the severest financial loss. Kep-"i" Kep-"i" CM"nltlM ure 'owest. A report L ?r0nX 7-00lE'l park shows le death of twelve mammals. Includ- aceo ?0t ",acnlue ant1 " of three reptiles, crocodile croco-dile and two tortoises and fifty birds In ing skill"10;1"1- UWever' th t e ha ,1, T"10" nnd kciKers 10 S Ule dea,h r"te within bounds. |
