KILLED BY KINDNESS
Popular Chimpanzee At Auckland Zoo
Dominion Special Service. AUCKLAND, October 25. The latest loss at. the Auckland Zoo resulting from improper feeding by visitors is Punch, a valuable chimpanzee. who stood high in popularity among the exhibits. Punch Iweame ill recently and died within a few days. A post-mortem examination carried out at tlie Auckland Hospital revealed that death was caused hy food poisoning. Though notices warning the public against feeding various animals ■ are placed conspicuously on cages and enclosures, the zoo periodically loses exhibits through the thoughtless and misplaced generosity of visitors. Animals and birds are tempted with all sorts of articles, edible or otherwise, and often they suffer extremely as a result. Not many years ago a hippopotamus valued at. £5OO swallowed a tenuis ball which had been thrown Into its jaws, and died as a result.
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 27, 26 October 1940, Page 14
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