Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-06
FAVOR IMPROVED
ANIMAL GARDENS
J. Barlow LippinCott and Other
Citizens Discuss Plans for
Los Angeles Parks
PRESENT CONDITIONS POOR
Commissioners Invite Residents
and Visitors to Offer Recon-
mendationS for Betterment

J. Barlow Lippincott advocates ex-
tensive geological gardens for the city.
Last night at dinner he and eleven
other prominent citizens discussed
plans for improving the parks of Los
Angeles along the lines of the famous
Boone and Crockett club of New York.
He outlined the original work of that
club as follows:
"The Boone and Crockett club, com
posed mostly of New York and other
eastern sportsmen, was organized for
the preservation of game and the de-
velopment of public interest in game
1t has done several important things
1t almost wholly formulated the atti-
tude of the government toward the
game laws in Yellowstone park, above
everything else it formed the Bronx
park in New York, the greatest ZOO
logical garden in the world.
1.-THE club is composed of the most
eminent men of the country such as
Secretary Root and Theodore Roose-
welt. These men have worked with the
essential idea of keeping wild animals
in as nearly as possible their natural
state of environment, concealing any
evidences Of captivity.
zoo IN EASTLAKE PARK
ut is along these lines that we wish
to provide for the animals in the parks
of the city. In Eastlake park we al
ready have the beginning of very
good zoo, but the evidences of their
state of captivity is most painful-all
the elements of the circus. The general
situation and condition are distressing;
there is no sun in the cages, which
alone is highly distressing. This cam
not be helped under prevailing circum-
, tances."
The dinner was for the discussion Of
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the formulation of a second Boone and
Crockett club. To keep the animals in
their natural habitat is not such diff
ficult affair, according to the men in
terested For instance, in Griffith
park, it would be feasible to allow the
bears large amount of space in which
to roam, cutting them off from the
public not by fences but by deep
chasm There are a sufficient number
of valleys in the park or on the noun
tain side 50 that each species could be
segregated and allowed practically
free run. 't= 'fIEAE
PLAN FOR MORE ANIMALS
In New York the arrangement exist
ing between the Boone and Crockett
club is as follows: The members of
the club supply the wild animals, cap
turing them themselves as nearly as
possible. The general plan for the care
of the animals is formed by them,
while the grounds are furnished and
maintained by the city.
1t is argued by the men discussing
these plans that Los Angeles is such
large tourist city that Improvement of
the parks is a most necessary work
and that no city in the Union should be
allowed to have a finer geological gar
den than ours.
If there are any members of the
Boone and Crockett club visiting In
the city the park commissioners Will be
delighted to have them communicate
through the secretary of the park COM
mission, C. t. Herbert, $50 West Thirty
fourth street. Also they will be glad
to hear from anybody in Los Angeles
who is especially interested in the SUB
ject of geological gardens in the parks.
1t Is alleged that under the present
park commission Los Angeles is soon
to have the finest system of parks in
the United States.