El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-12
WILL HAVE A zoo
PREPARATIONS ARE MAKING
FOR A FINE COLLECTION

Ell Paso Is a Fine Point For Such an
Institution. and 1t Will Be a Popular
| Feature.
Ell Paso is going to have a ZOO There
is small zoo in the city now, but
! there is soon to be large zoo.
Down on San Antonio street local
taxidermist has crowded into a little
| building a large and varied selection
| of mammals. birds, and reptiles. 1t is
the intention of the company to secure
location for larger quarters as soon
as possible.
OF course the concern is in the bust
ness for profit, but at the same time
geological collection in a city is fea-
ture in which any city takes pride 1t
is an attraction for visitors, a place of
interest for home folks and provides
a market for rare specimens of animal
life which are often secured by sports
men and others who frequent the wilds
of the earth.
FL Paso is one of the best locations
for zoo and collector of rare ami
mails in the world. 1t is certainly To-
Gated relative to the homes of such
specimens of animal life and an easy
place to reach from foreign points. 1t
is near Mexico. the home of many an
ted States except in captivity. Means
of transportation for animals indigo
nous to the rocky west are plentiful.
Rare specimens may be brought from
the tropics via New Orleans quickly
and at small cost.
The company wants a tract of land
containing four or five acres near to
town on which to erect their build
ingS and cages in which to keep their
animals. In connection with the zoo.
the company will, as it is now. conduct
a taXidermic business. This will pro-
vide a market for the skins of animals
which sportsmen may kill while in
pursuit Of pleasure or a place where
the hunter may have prepared for home
ornamentation the relics of his hunt.
There is one thing the proprietor ,
and his assistants will not do. He is
a member of the League of American |
Sportsmen and he will not have any |
mounting of birds for female headgear |
done in his shop, nor can |
plumes of birds for the same purpose |
be secured from this company. Mr..
Neisius says the league will soon Sc
cure a charter to prevent the slaughter
of birds of the southwest for this pur-
pose. and also the killing of female
deer. He says many a doe is brought
to the market in Ell Paso and it should
be stopped. Also the slayers of deer
out of season will be prosecuted by the |,
league when this charter is secured.
The company now has many animals
bought up which are still in the hands
Of the persons from whom they were
bought. because the company has yet
no place to put them. They have deer,
antelope. wolves and other mammals
On ranches all over the southwest be-
ng held for them. waiting until they
secure quarters for them in or near
own. These and what can he easily ,
secured when they get ready to try,
will make a monster zoo for Ell Paso
At present the company has many
specimens of the feathered tribe which
ire being kept for the market and for
,ropagating purposes. They have the
iweeteSt singers of the bird class and I
he biggest and most gorgeouSly
,lumed members of the parrot family. I
This line of their business will be I
,reatly enlarged in their new quar- !
ers.
The company has received an order ]
rom Joseph Role, naturalist of Bre-
men. Germany. for all kinds of mann
nails which inhabit the Rocky noun I
aims, such as mountain sheep, ante |
Dpe. bear. and deer. different Speci- I
mems of birds indigenous to the Rock Y
es and west of them. all kinds of rep 7
lies, all specimens of the spider fam
y. all sorts of land shells of recent f
nd prehistoric date. and miscellaneous J
Insects that are found any where in F
he United States, not east of the 1
.ocky mountains, and in Mexico. This il
rder is unlimited in quantity and S
hipments are to be made until orders j
} discontinue them are received. n
Prof. Role does not want live ami C
l3lS The COMPANY buyS the animals h
cad or alive and mounts the hides for o
lie German naturalist. having filed an
rder for this man in 1894 to the n
mount of about $500. Prof. Role is
dealer in mounted specimens for the t.
lrpose of furnishing colleges and c.
useums all over the world. al
t.