Deseret Evening News | 1900-01-20 | Page 18 | Zebras for England's Queen

ZEBRAS FOR QUEEN 4 r r Queen Victoria has hOll just lied had It a peculiar present given to her by Emperor Menelek ot of Abyssinia In the form torm of at a team ot of vigorous young oung At Al rican zebras This pair ot of royal zebras have recently menU been placed on exhibition In the park gardens and have attracted a great creat deal of attention on account ot of their extreme size Ize and peculiar mark marking ing carne came from the Interior ot of Abyssinia and both seem leem to bo be In good food health and spirits otter after their I ng 51 sea trip It le Is claimed by nat naturalists that the day or of the zebra le Is fast talt away and that before many years the zebra or and Its sister species will be an extinct animal The gre greed of Central African settlers settler has had much to do with this since thou thousands thousands sands ot of the animals hoc have been slaughtered for tor their skins which could once be sold for tor n a f few w shillings The Tho result has hall been that the market prIce ot of the thee I e zebra sebra has haa considerably risen of at late