Show permanent wild supply to Maint maintain din zoological gardens of the world by DR 0 0 ADAMS roosevelt experiment station original or virgin conditions are particularly suitable for teaching and for scientific study because they are relatively simpler and less confused than when man interrupts the natural order by his confusion and destruction we have learned that the natural behavior of animals in nature is very different from those caged and in confinement our large animals are of the greatest interest in our parks and any complete scientific knowledge of them necessitates that they be studied in the wild state the public must therefore provide the proper conditions for them in in order to derive the most from them both from a popular and a scientific standpoint no animal can be thoroughly understood independent of its normal environment it is therefore not enough merely to preserve these fesq animals in zoological parks and in cages Cori confined fined animals have a great educational value without doubt but they are arc not an adequate substitute tute for wild animals in nature thero there must also be a permanent wild supply to maintain the zoological gardens of tho the world |