CRANE IN CUSTODY
PROBLEM FOR POLICE. LONDON, June 21. A crane which was “found wandering” and taken into custody by the Willcsden police presented its custodians with an awkward problem, for it camo under none of the police regulations. Cecil, as the crane has since been christened, wus found “wandering without visible means of subsistence.” and the kind-hearted police offered the lonely bird the sanctuary of one of their most comfortable cells at Hailesden police station. Cecil appeared to like it. He soon settled down, and it was then that the troubles of the police began. Cecil was not fastidious, but the beer and biscuits of the station canteen failed to tempt him, and not one constable could be found with a frog or a fish. In despair they sent Cecil to the Dogs’ Home, but he was soon back ..•gain, bearing a label, "No facilities here for dealing with birds.” So Cecil remained in his cell until someone thought the Zoo might- like to have him. The authorities of the Regent* Park menagerie agreed to entertain, the wandering crane, and Cecil, in a paradise of frogs and fish, is now quickly. forgetting bis experiences in the hands of the police.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 6 August 1931, Page 7
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