The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-05
HUNTING ANIMALS.
Men Who Make It Possible for Boys
 and Girls to See All sor.s of Strange Birds and Beasts l . at the Zoo.
BY H. IRVING KING

BY H. IRVING KING.
 parks and mensseriss t to Ss sss tn. snimsis hardly realize what vast expense. what labor, them with this form of smusement and in- struction. Thousands of men are at work all the time, risking their lives in out-of- the-way 1ss supply of wild animals may bs furnishsd for exhibition in Europe and AmsricA o.sS nsn h. ~ nor: os and more scarce. and those which escape the hunter. retreat to the most inaccessible forests and and desert places. which. of eourse' make
 Some animals are getting exceedingly scarce. sn. ne or z, 'nese ts Is the srsns Only tsrss spsS built and healthy giraffe is now valued at be-
 The rhinoceros is also scarce animal and rs9 extremely difficult F catch: It h has m to ,,s Se it dos. Haen nos stsOa @s up A
 Lions. also, are caught when they are young. and brought up on goats milk: 1t h Although elephants are not q plentiful e they were once. there still seems to be con- demand for this great beast. which the aa- cients used to call shaking mountains"
 There is . growing demand in all parts of ing to the increaes in the number of geological parks and the interest which all children arc taking in creatures from strange and far-on lands.
 Even ,n Japan the Emperor has established ? geological park. for which he recently or collection of smaller animals.
 Not long ago one of the kings of Europe sent . telegram to great German dealer in wild animals sayins; yin . snip me a twenty-five hand and filled the order.
 This dealer has sixty men travelling for him Ill the time looking for wild animals and these sixty men are assisted by thousands of native helpers in every country where they go.
 The pursuit of wild animals is . dangerous calling. and the hunters are frequently hunted In turn by the animals they are trying to
 So when you stand before the Hons cage, think of the men far of in Central Africa, who tthat very minute are probably steal ing through the wilderness with dangers all they may capture it to send to the United States. where it may grow up to delight thou sands of children and frighten them. perhaps, by his roar-all that will remain to him of his desert life.
 Or think of the hot jungles of India and of the white man and host of black assistants Bearching for a tiger that they may entrap part, is stealthily hiding and waiting for . ehance to make spring and carry off one of his pursuers.
 English speaking children are much indebt- cd to Henry of England for the opportunities they have to see strange animals in cap tive state, for that monarch may be called the father of the modern menagerie and zoo- logical park. His virtues were not many. but a love of animals was one of them.
 The king used to send to distant countries begging the rulers of those lands to send him specimens of strange animals. He was par lions, and he gathered a considerable number of those animals in a park which he sestab- lshed for the purpose at Woodstock. one of his castles.
 The king was especially delighted with a porcupine which some one sent him. and which had never before been seen in England.