El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-14
DOOM ELEPHANT.
T0EXTINCTI0N
South African Council
Finds Wild Animals a
Menace to Farmers.

Washington, D. C.sAug. 14.-WiI the
famous African elephants soon be as
nearly extinct as is the buffalo Of the
american plains2
Cable dispatches state that the
South African Cape council has de-
cided TO exterminate elephants, which
are regarded as a menace to the farm
ers, whose crops they despou and
whose employees they sometimes kill
Sir Harry Johnston. famous African
authority, tells Of his experincs with
african elephants as follows:
If after many years OF trial the
African elephant Is pronounced 10 be
hopeless as a domestic animal land II
should be remembered that most male
African elephants in captivity have
shown themselves TO be hopelessly
SAVAGE, then at least for its magnifi-
cent ivory the creature is worth pre-
serving as an asset TO the state II
the Indian elephant shows himself to
be more docile than the African ele-
plant, IL must be remembered. on the
other hand, that he is Of very little
value for his ivory
Mother Defends Young.
One day a baby elephant was pre-
scented TO me by an Uganda chief It is
a sad thing 10 relate, but three men
were killed in attempting to capture
the first elephant. I had expressed
wish one day for some elephants 10
experiment with IN dOmesticat ton, and
the natives. with their usual desire 20
please me, were so ardent in their de-
termination 10 crafty my wish and so
determined in Their pursuit Of the
young elephant that the mother ele-
OF them But finally they succeeded
IN their object capturing the calf,
and TO my great surprise 1t trOtted
into camp behind one OF the men
This little creature was at the time
only four feet high In two days IL
had become perfectly tame, and would
follow a human being as readily as
his own mother. 1t was easy enough
10 feed him with milk because all that
was required was a bottle with a long
neck. This bottle was filled with
cows milk diluted with water, and
poured down the elephants throat
Soon all that one had to do was 70
place the neck Of the bottle in
elephants mouth, and the intelligent
creature wound its trunk around the
neck Of the bottle, tilted 1t up, and
absorbed the contents. For several
weeks the elephant throve and be
came q most delightful pet. II would
allow any one 70 ride on its back, and
seemed TO take pleasure and anuse-
ment in this exercise. It would find
IT'S way AAlA1Aa4 AAh q sc passages a.
to my sitting room. not upsetting or
injuring anything. but deity smelling
and examining objects Of curiosity
with its trunk
Is Zebra's Friend.
AT the same time we had in cap
tivity a young zebra, which was also
20 be the pioneer OF a domesicated
striped horse These two orphans, the
elephant and the zebra, became great :
" attached TO each other. though per- /
haps there was more enthusiastic az /
lection on the part Of the elephant, !
the zebra at times getting q little I
bored with constant embraces Alas /
and alack. Both elephant and zebra 4
died eventually from the uuwhOle- ]
someness, to them, OF cows milk :
Several other elephants Of the same
aEe-that is to say. about four TO six
rrnnths nld-were delivered into nv