Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-11-25 | Page 26 | Beasts Fail on Diet of Oatmeal

BEASTS FAIL ON DIET or O OAT OATMEAL I LEIPZIG Nov 24 H 4 W A Oatmeal as a for meat for tor the carnivorous animals of tho Leip- Leip L rif lp-rif I rig zoo has been out tried out with but not particularly ful 1 e lo M c ll s reached the tho zoo loo here some ome months ago because of tle tb hIgh l prices I the principal outcome of ot the et ec- cc being it has been noted II a decided falling oft In the visit of of tho stork tork The Th lion lions and tigers and wolves became thin and ill III tempered ird ho led a great creat deal at night and howled again In tho the morning right after breakfast hen hien oatmeal day after da day was dished out to them the fur of the th ani- ani animals mals mals according to the zoo tics ties tics has filled fIled to thicken up on the vegetarian diet as ns it should In the tall fail to lorm the tho winter covering and the pelts of most of ot them are ar so o thin that the caretakers my say they are ar tr tring In to conceive conche some form of ot blankets or 0 overcoats for their pets to keep out the chilliness of ot January and February OnI Only one on little lion has hns since nc oatmeal was wa put on I the menu re In the place of of meat and the tho old mother lion lion- lioness lioness lioness ess promptly ato that