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Show DIE QUICKLY IN CAPTIVITY. Eagles Pine at Once When Freedom Is Restricted. "Why Is It that an eaglo won't llvo for moro than two or threo years In captivity, nnd In n wild stato will llvo to ho a hundred years old?" asked an nnlmnl man. "Glvo It lip," nnswerod his listener. "Lots of zoological men havo dono the same boforo your tlmo. I don't know the answer myself. The crow, tho swan, the raven nnd tho eaglo round out a century In tho wilderness. If nn'yono can find out how to pro-vent pro-vent tho golden eagle nnd tho American Ameri-can bird of freedom, tho bald eagle, from dying, after less than threo years In captivity, ho can make a small fortune by giving tho Information Informa-tion to tho authorities of zoological gardens all over the world. Much money has been expended In trying to discover tho cause ot tho decline ot captive eagles, but nothing has como of It." |