Show Civilizations Civilization's Dizziness Is Problem to Animals tJ DENVER COL Modern Modern civili civili- civilization civilization civilization with its confusion and de de- demands demands de- de demands mands that are blamed I by psychologists for lowering the standards of motherhood have their effect on animal mothers as well we There was the case of old Jen Jennie J Jen- Jen Jennie en- en ennie nie and the fire engine Jennie was about the kindest mamma grizzly bear they ever had at city park zoo here She was downright silly about her cub Couldn't do enough in fact for forthe forthe forthe the little bear Sometimes shed she'd even let the cub smell her holly hony- hocks Somehow some seeds had fallen on the earthen floor of Jennys Jenny's bedroom And somehow the seeds took root and flowered and Jenny apparently thought the world of ot the bright blossoms Shed She'd lie on her back under the hollyhocks and turn her toes up and play with the cub letting him romp all a over her herShe herShe herShe She was that kind of animal says Supt Clyde Hill boss of the local zoo for 26 years Then one day a fire engine came roar roar- roaring roaring ing down the street She grabbed the cub and killed it Hill says the noise scared Jenny J eMy out of her mind On another occasion Hill saw a lioness kill her cub as a direct re re- result result re- re sult suit of the housing situation She was caged next to a loud loudmouthed loudmouthed loudmouthed mouthed male lion and their du du- duplex duplex du- du duplex plex was surrounded by a number of other noisy cages Hill says the lioness got so worried that some some- something something thing was going to happen to her cub that she couldn't sit still One day when the male lion next door began slapping at the bars and louder than usual she snatched up the cub and broke its back She was trying to stuff the cub in a far corner of her cage as far faraway faraway faraway away from the male lion as pos pos- sible She didn't mean to hurt her baby |