Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-08-10 | Page 9 | Mongoose Becomes National Problem

ONG OSE BECOMES NA NATIONAL PROBLEM I leek Pet From India Barred Bared i From U U. S. S T t S Shores o ores es Special pe pet cl la l D Di p As Ask Asked ed tv- tv r. r t has a aed acIn ac- ac government W WASHINGTON Aug 10 The AP federal Indian mon mon- l ed- ed i 1 in the s1 sleek ek svelte form onh of ot Sweetie an L jike l e a Tavi T of tale M Mrs E B. J. J Black who fed led hIm Wm hime mongoose rby by l' l a w I jl e ab a baby aby br and b bathed e h him m clinging to her arm over t the he family tub sweetie We tie l u ledd leda a pampered existence existence tor or four years Jf S. S Black came here as s an ah pi m pt c dweller w Her an and pets nets like ate are not ot welcome l in 1 apart apart- par 5 p Reluctantly she took her pet and pride ride to the zoo 00 offering h him as an exhibit i f. f She learned to her utter astonish astonish- astonishment ment she had been harboring a criminal for the Indian mongoose IK u barred from these shores by the I criminal code So great is the daner dan er that transplanted he might flour lour flourish ish bh h as he did in the Virgin islands killing kUling all the chickens Director r William M M. Mann of the zoo notified the biological s survey ey and asked asked If U there might be lie s' s some me sort of special dispensation to cover the case of the amiable Sweetie Mrs Black wept to part with her pet Pending the decision of the government gov the mongoose is kept in a quarantine nUne station where animals become become become be be- come acclimated aud to zoo lite before being placed oh on exhibition Mrs Bl Black ck visits Sweetie ever every da day