Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-07-28 | Page 14 | High Cost of Steaks Causes Changed Diet at Park Zoo

High Cost of Steaks Causes ! Changed Diet at Park Zoo WTTIT the high cost of beefsteaks. beef-steaks. K. M. Hhider. in charge of the Liberty park-menagerie, park-menagerie, has decided that it is time to practice greater economy in feeding the animals. Reef will be eliminated from the diet of the five wolves and the mountain moun-tain lion at tiie Liberty park menagerie menag-erie after September, according to Mr. Shider. Twelve cents a pound is now paid for beef, m cculs more than the cost of horseflesh, which will lake its place (tn the menu eariv in October Mr. Shider said. "I lors" men i is a belt er food for the Animals than beef," he declared. "Zoos in all parts of the country hae made tins discovery. "During the warm weather the animals ani-mals are fed with beef because there '.s no way uf keeping burst: m-at in gou'l condition. And ihe former can be bought UeedeJ." Cooked meat is given the wolves as a piecjiuiion against distemper and because the ;t.-;d in ihe raw Mesh is harmful io i h y- anima's in eapti -ily, according !o Mr. Shider.