Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-07-25 | Page 1 | Boy Kills 37 Ducks in Zoo

BOY KILLS 37 DUCKSIN DUCKS DOCKS IN ZOO Goose Also Is Shot Birds Worth I Playing Chicago gangster an unidentified year old armed with witha a high powered air rifle had good hunting Frida Friday at Hogle HOlle Gardens zoo oo and Saturday the zoo was loser by worth of ducks and a goose Thrusting the rifle a type ype through the zoo fence the eager ager young nimrod blazed away until he had picked off 37 ducks and andone andone one ne goose The weapon shoots shoot a particularly effective steel pellet with a pointed nose zoo officials said aid E. E EM M. M Bauer Dutch zoo zookeeper keeper said he saw the birds walking walk- walk lag ing ng with difficulty in the afternoon and nd subsequently they all aU died examination r revealed that they had hadeen beens been's een shot ot mostly in the head The 1083 08 oss included a pair of ot Mandarin ducks valued at 30 and a pair of wood ducks worth 25 A A- witness to to- th the slaughter was Joseph oseph year old son of C Captain R D. D McCollin whom Mr Bauer Jauer recently replaced as zoo- zoo keep keeper r. r He said he would lead Mr B Bauer Bauer tC to the boya hoys home