The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-09-20
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come irresistible, or if you sud
1en1g wait to 90 m q safarj. YOU
vii heneefc,th be able 10 arrange
for such things through a new
service center IN deepest Africa.
These postwar touches are be-
ing aided to the Oak Continent
81 2 Yank-B Beg IN partnership
which. armed with purchase or
ders, snaies, nets and rifles is
citing ont to rcpienish the game
exh bis of American and Euro
3eaa ZOOS which were cut of
rom the source of supply since
1899.
Menagcs.es in Europe especial
have been depleted through
lestfuct N OF wild animals in the
iaVs Il aerial oombat 7ment.
s30o.000 In Orders
Clifford c. Chute. Of New Ro-
| ohel'e, N. Y, TIE American coz
3iseetor Of the enterprise, says
ha S360,000 Of orders have been
eceived. a large part Of them
| eor se5aeements Of he Antwerp
Zo0log cal Park Gals from Am
eriean inst tut.ons are expected
to ineaease the hunting volume
Surfing the three years that Chute
expects t. be overseas. His part
ner, r. NJ. A. Gerard. is already
ct tie sc OF operations in the
BEG an Congo.
TIE expedition is tie first ma
joe hunting project launched in
some yeas.
Mere important Of the innova-
tons S ire establishment of a
permanent animal pool at Port
Mahagi, far in tie interior on
Lake Albert, so that future re-
quests fof vulcan rdts, sable back
antelope, rbinos, hippos and a
scoge of other bizarre beasts can
Je i4.tel ueEdN.
But MOI So Quick
Service won't be exactly over
night, however, for the Grated
animals viii go by tuck to Stan
leyville, which is far UP the Con-
g rive, by boat 70 Leopardvllle,
end then by train 10 Matadi, main
port on the west coast-a steamy,
sweaty tip of more than a thou
sand miles.
Chute says ttat The permanent
establishment WI also provide
facilities for tourists who have a
yen TO go along rs observers OF
hunter on some O. the expedi-
tons that viii finger out from
Mahagi INTO Uganda, Tanganyika
and the Egyptian Sudan.
Since ladies sill ike fur
c5ats," as Chute puts it, he eX-
poets that rife sights win be
trained often on leopards which
subsequently won't notice the
long teip to Matadi
Already Harvested Monkeys
To do its Bit for the a vance
ment of science. the partnership
plans to make monkevs and
rhimpanzees ava able for medi-
ca research 1t cost.
Chute is now making his sec
on3 HIN ing expedition within a
yen. He spent some months pre-
vious garnering q = &c quantity
Of monkeys for an American i'm
.pdttng firm.
Back n 1912 the New Yorker
FIST felt the lure Of game hunt
ing when he was engaged in ma
q al control work for Pan Amer
lean Always in Tire central part
of the continent, Latee he went
10 Alaska as = structural engineer
o. several airfields, bit when he
opportunity came along, he head
cd south again
Gerard, who Is a Belgian and.
is executive director of the Socie-
" de Botanique e. de geologic
Congolaise, bad beer engaged in
African animal work for Is years.
The only other members of the
expedition viii be q veterinary
ana a fps o. native bearers and
5eatefs.
One thing the partners are
sure OF S that there is an ample
supply of the animals and bi dis
which they viii seek on hand
after five or SIX years freedom
from humanity's attention.
Why Bongo's Worth s35.0oo
They are also sure that some
of the more elusive animals, such
as the okapi and the aforesaid
Congo bongo, viii be Just as
smart as ever. The bongo is &
good-sized dee an3 is fulI Of IN
tel genee. craft, wiles and specs.
all of which make him an ex-
emeix rare captive and main
ain his market value around
$4,000. The vulcan rat. which
looks ike a rat and is rs big as
the family cat, doesn't cost ncar-
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