THE ZOO.
(To the Editor.) Sir, —One wontlera what the professedly Christian and humane people who advocated so loudly the establishment of our "Acre of Horrors," otherwise our noble Zoo. think on reading the cabled account of the revolting cruelty entailed in the collection of exhibits for our dear little Tommies and Johnnie- to stare at—and become "educated." Even after the captured animals and feathered tribe are obtained the mortality is calculated at Ro to 75 per cent. It is not hard to see the tragic amount of suffering underlying these figures. The proud claim that the Zoo was payable has a very sickly appearance in view of the recent "discoveries." Possibly the enhanced value of the surrounding sections will compensate for (g|jt the rest. But one wonders, are the Christian Churches and the P.P.C.A. airaid to raise their voices to help the helpless animals against the high and mighty.—l am, etc., J.M.W.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 133, 8 June 1925, Page 11
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