Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-09-04
ABOUT WILD ANIMALS s.
They Are becoming Scare. and nj,
High Prices in the markets.

Ahe5 Are kecoming Scarce and Bring
High Prices in the Markets
speaking OF what he hoped to add to
Inc Zen lral Park menagerie in the near
future, superintendent Conkliu said "a
Gently that but few valuable animals
are given to geological gardens in this
country, as they are abroad for public
n Oerest IN ZOOS here laCs far behind
'He poplar enthusiasm taken in similar
corrections throughout Europe. AL.
rare ANIMALS for this menageNe must
oe purchased out OF the so 900. which
II usI also pay the keepers, buy food for
Tue ANIMALS and keep the buildings in
repair aad the grounds in order The
Ne" ork menagerie is one of the four
IN the world opened free TO the public
Inc remaining three are at Vienna,
farls and Chicago. The one at Vienna
Is supported by the Emperor and is in
the castle garden.
MI ConklIn Is very anxious TO secure
a mate for the double-horned rhinoceros.
put most serious obstacle to his king
the purchase Of very fine one offered
IN bremen Tor 50, 600 is the present tariff
OF twenty per cent on imported ami
mails This would add another 81. 900 to
the cost and make the immediate pur-
chase o. the animal impossible. This
menagerie has no giraffes The only
pair owned by geological garden in
this country Is AT Cincinnati A good
specimen Of the giraffe about two wears
old would cost $4,000, where ten wears
ago one could have been bought for
$500 or $500, They have been growing
scarce of late, as is the case with all
North African animals Mr.. Conklin
said that zebras, which ten years ago
could be bought for $500 to $500,
now cost 81, 900. One could hardly
give away lion ten years ago, but to-
day males are scarce at $1,000 each
The ostrich has remained unchanged in
price, as have all animals brought into
domestication- A pair is now worth
5000 The kangaroo has changed but
little in value.
The war between the English and the
Mahdi not only drove the animals fur
Their into the interior, but DESTROYED the
posts whore those who captured the
animals brought and sold them TO the
agents These agents then waited IN
I'll enough were ca ptured to form cara
van. when they started for the coast of
the Red Sea, and there shipped the ami
mails TO Marseilles and from there to
Bremen The animals from India,
Australia, Ceylon and the East Indian
Islands are sent to dealers in London
and Liverpool.
The areas inhabited by wild animals
are growing less all over the world, and
superintendent ConkIin though II not
at all improba BILE tat IN 200 years the
menageries would contain ali the wild
animals in existence The great aux,
a bird living in Arctic regions and re-
sembiug the penguin, has become ex-
tinct within the last fifteen years Its
eggs were nutritious and highly priced
by the sailors or the fifty or sixty
known varieties of deer the menagerie
here owns but seven, and the superin-
tendent Is very anxious to increase this
number
Speaking Of menageries in other
countries, Mr.. Conklin said that Ger
many was the only country where the
ZOO was run as a commercial enter
prise. The London geological garden
is the largest in the world, and
after that comes the ona at Am
sterdam- The New York menarerie
ranks fourth or fifth. The ZOO
logical gardens of this country in
order Of their importa nee are those at
Philadelphia New York. Cincinnati,
St. Louis, Chicago and Washington.
The Government has recently appro-
priated $500, 600 for the purchase of
grounds and $50, 900 for animals to
stock the. menagerie in Washington.
There are no zoos in Canada Ger
many has about twenty, England four
and France three. The fine collection
that belonged to the King of Italy was
sold at his death and one of the ele-
plants belongs to the Central Park
1neuagerie. Holland has three large
menageries; Austria and Hungary have
one each: Russia has one at St Peters
burg and one at Moscow; India has one
al Calcutta and one now building al
Bombay: Australia has FIVE: China has
one. and on Ceylon and many East
India islands there are collections OF
local animals. In Switzerland bear
pits are very numerous N. \. Times