The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-02
zoo SHEEP ACTS LIKE CAT
BROUGHT UP WITH KITTEN, 1T EATS MEAT. STALKS BIRDS AND
ARCHES HER BACK IN TRUE FELINE STYLE.
when Bin Snyder. head keeper Of

When Bill Snyder. head keeper OF
the Zoo in Central Park, came out OF
the hay house yesterday afternoon to
recount to his friends the happenings
Of the week in that part of the ANNA
world confined within the bounds OF
the Zoo, a fairly comfortable looking
sheep ran between his legs. Snyder
fell down the steps into the elephant
corral. His remarks for the momen,
would be best expressed in dots and
dashes. Then he said. with some bit
terness: There goes the result OF
Joe Crowley's study of environment,
and I'll bet he doesn't know what m
vironment means"
Crowley. who had been Struggling
with the desire to laugh at his chief,
resented this.
dignity, ''is the effect the amount OF
rent you are able to pay has on your
life"
Just then the woolly offender made
her appearance, and Bill forgot his
mishap and stopped to scratch her
head. The animal. he said. was Just
budding from lambhood into sheep
hood, and her only fault was that she
could not forget her bringing UP.
I Baa was born in the sheepfold at
the e side Of Central Park. and
l AS0 Woo S0AJ JN0sAo w
died, and 81 Bill took her to raise. The
Keeper called her Baa because during
the first few days Of her stay in the
hay house she did nothing but bleat all
day long. It was not until Baa made
friends with the kitten that she be-
came content with her surroundings
and began to take an interest in life.
parents would have spoken OF her as
one easily led. She was. for from the
first day of the strange friendship be-
Tween the two animals the lamb be.
gan to develop all the characteristics
Of a cat.
'She can do anything now that q
cat al do except climb trees and
purr," said Bill. very proudly.
The first great sorrow that came
up and entered social life IN the OUT
side. For a week Baa was sorrowful,
and when her friend did show up the
animal manifested every sign Of pleas
ure.
ut was the strangest thing how that
lamb made friends with that kitten.
Baa was just a ball Of white wool
here. Now h 10 80 badly behaved
that like a cat she will sit and doze
all day and roam about all night. 1t
vas Crowley. keeper Of the lion house.
and Jack Rier. the policeman. who be-
gan first to notice the change in the
lamb. They started a discussion on
environment which threatened to draw
in everybody about the Zoo. They
certainly were right. for Baa became
so bad that she ought to have been
sent to the psychopathic ward.
AT first l noticed hat the lamb
was refusing to eat her regular food
and was living almost entirely upon
liver. which the kitten shared with
her. Then I found that she had de-
veloped. a fondness for fish. which. as
you. know. 10 a a delicacy. Now 1t
has become so fixed that Baa lives en-
|tirely upon the food which We furnish
the cats. I am interested now to learn
whether she will revert to sheep life
when she goes back to the flock. The
troEb BILE 10. now that Baa has grown
90 that she 10 able to care for herself.
! cannot have her around here trip
ping people up. OF course. I know
she does not mean anything. She had