WILD BEAST TRADE CAPTURED.

Clutha Leader, Volume XLIII, Issue 92, 1 June 1917, Page 3

WILD BEAST TRADE CAPTURED.

Replying to a suggestion contained in a letter in 'The Daily Mail,' that the import of wild animals into England is a waste of tonnage, Mr John D. Hamlyn, the dealer and naturalist, London Docks, points out that the closing down of the Continental trade has caused American buyers to turn their attention to London, their original market. "During the last two years I have brought back the animal trade to its original home. We have been told to capture German trade. I have captured the German wild beast trade, and if I receive assistance from the country of my birth I shall continue to hold it. It lias great possibilities." As regards the alleged waste of tonnage, "all these animals travel on deck, at owner's risk, occupying space which otherwise would be empty, and no foodstuffs or cargo of any description could be carried in the vacant places. The consignments are transhipments for the American market, and they are all transferred from tlie Indian steamers inside th© docks. "The animals do not consume any of our foodstuffs, for sufficient native food is, always shipped - with each consign* meat."