The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-16

S.. F. z. S., one of the mightest hunters living, who tracked big game a few years ago with Theodore Roosevelt in the African jungles. Jordan has the backing of the Earl of Lonsdale, one of the most celebrated English sportsmen, of Markuess of Tavistock, Admiral Sir Sackville H. Garden and others. One hundred and fifty zoos in Europe. America and the far east, it Is estimated, have had their cages and paddoclxs depleted as q result of the, neglect into which they fell during the war, and a clear profit of 900 year is expected by the organizers of the new venture from the replenshment of these zoos. Demobilized army officers Eeen for adventure are ap- plying by the hundreds for positions in the expeditions which are being sent out.
 COMRADE OF ROOSEVELT
 Jordan himself plans to start about the end of November and will take his wife with him into the African wilds. His fame is already established in the wild animal world. He has spent 20 years in the Belgian Congo and has probably shot mere elephants than any other mau alive. He has trekked 14 times across Africa from coast to coast. He was with Theodore Roosevelt and saw Teddy" shoot his first bongo antelope. He captured the third biggest elephant ever taken alive for Edgar Beecher the Texas cattle rancher and hunter. He has written for American and British magazines on wild animal subjects and his wife has published a book relating her experiences in Africa. He hates London and he can barely make his way through a French menu, but he speaks Sawhali Nasal, Lumbwa and dozen different dialects of Kaverondo. The projected route of his expedition is across the Cameroons into French Uban- 4I, fr ir,x hot was formely German East Africa. He will search especially for okapi, gorilla, bongo and giant pig.
 The British organization which he heads in an effort to wrest the world wild animal trade from Germany, has al- ready built up feeder organizations in the Malay states, English North Borneo, Senegal. British Guiana and Canada.
 Brig. Gen. R. Pigot, of the Kings Royal Rifles. who is now on leave at Dakar, but who expects to remain there following his denoilization, has built up an or ganizatfon there which already has shipped sl00,000 worth of Hive stock to Brest, where it is awaiting transporta- ton to Cardiff. From Cardiff it is to go to Haslemere estate of Robert Lead better, the well known British zoologist, whose; grounds have been taken over by the organization for exhibition and sale purposes. This shipment consists of lions, leopards. white oryx, baboons, chimpanzees. antelope, bushbucks, mar about storks and monkeys. Two os- triches and one chimpanzee died en route from Dakar to Brest, but they formed so small a percentage of the shipment that the shippers counted themselves lucky. Hereafter. there will be no shipments from Africa except in June and July. when the warm weather is more favor. able for the standardization of the ami mals.
 w. Willes Douglas, until recently com missioner of police in the Federated Ma lay States has built up an organization which is stocking preserve outside Sin gapore with black panther, tapir, pig deer, the Java rhinoceros, which is rarely caught alive, seladang Ca species of bison) the Malayan tiger and Malay elephant.
 WILD ANIMALS WANTED
 to capture is a worldwide one, and one with a great percentage of clear profit. The former German dealers have been cut off for four years and their animal stocks are exhausted. They are in no position to renew business. Germanys African possessions have been l6st and, even had been retained, there is little wild
 life left in them, for it was largely de- stroyed or driven over the borders during the fighting.
 The Great German geological gardens are practically empty. On account of the shortage of meat and fodder, their stock has heen killed off and many of the