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Show ANIMALS IN FAMOUS ZOO DIE FROM STARVATION BUDAPEST, Feb. 5. Eighty per cent of all the animals in the once famous zoological garden of this city have died from tarvation, for the Rod necessary to keep them alive is need- ed for humans. All ot (he seals have perished. The I depended on salt water fish and when the supply ran out a few weeks ago the seals became ill and died one aft er another. Lack of fuel and proper care has of course been a contributing; i cause of the troubles ol tho Budape.-t zoo whicn in pre-war days boasted lH some ol Ihe finest specimens in south i iH eastern Europe. iil Every cane has been thinned of Its I? Inmates except the monkey cage but j comparatively few of them have died. ll This tribe is still lively and Its mem- 1 'H bc-rs manage to act natural on what :H is thrown to them by the few peopl" 'H who have time from tood and fuel v. or ries to visit the place. 'i iaBBBBsl Budapest's dying zoo Is only a re- ' .H 'minder of what is happening all H around it, Tho beautiful central park in which it stands is neglected. The sidewalks are full of holes and the trees and shrubs are unti immed. Duda-pest's Duda-pest's finest monument at the park .n'ranco from which tho communists, 'during their occupation of the city re- il moved statues of seven Hapsburg H ; kings, shows evidence of decay. The oi i . Washington, nearby. ,H j erected by Hungarian patriots, is in Hundreds of splendid buildings in j Budapest's broad streets have lost jJ their old time brightness and there are ;H great gaps In tho walls left by the fall-lng fall-lng soft sandstone decorations. The Streets are muddy and seldom cleaned and all of the vehicles which pass .through thorn, except the motor cars 'of the foreign missions, have a dilapl-! dilapl-! dated appearance. The street cars are ', poorly lighted and weather beaten. on i 1 |