Show WHOSE ZOO II T A HE people of ot f Salt Lake thought they had hada a zoo There is perhaps reason for some of the wondering whether they thet have or not Reports have been made so often of animals causes causes' dying from natural or from untoward circumstances that the fear has been expressed that the mortality rate tat would soon wipe out the collection of ot rare and peculiar varmints Now we read that some of the an animals mals may be killed to provide table meat for the poor ioor and that others may be turned loose in the l hills to try to battle the winter as as best bet they nay The Th public still accepts wholeheartedly nil nU of the very good reasons which prompted d th the removal of the zoo zoos zoo's s collection from 1 Lib Liberty erty park to Hogle Gardens and it is still stUl appreciative to the fullest extent to the donors of ot the property Too the tIle work make-work program incident to establishing the collection collection collection tion in its new home filled rUled a pressing need at the time With none of these things has has' the public any quarrel There arises the question however If it W was s wholly wise for the city to o let go of management t of the zoo With the best In in intentions tenUous and with a program program that recommended recommended recommended mended itself the Zoo society undertook th the task of at maintaining the animal collection its home but has it not stumbled and upon problems it cannot handle Salt sait Lake does not relish the idea that Its zoo zoo is running down at the heels els It does not favor turning animals f free ee that have been softened by te tender der care to forage for tor or themselves in the hills in winter when food rood is 15 scarce and hazards they may be unable unable un un- im- im able to m meet e present themselves It tt does I Inot not believe either that slaughter slaughter- r of z zoo o animals anImals animals an an- Is necessary in vl view w of ot the fact that the Community Ch Chest st has ril filled ed Its ts treasury to overflowing The zoo directors have a a responsibility to the city that they ought not notto to roo overlook v rook |