SACRED WHITE ELEPHANT
EXHIBITION IN LONDON ZOO Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received March 7, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, March 6. A white elephant is being shipped to-day from Rangoon, by arrangement with an association of Burmese Christians, for four months’ exhibition in London Zoo. The animal will be paraded daily, but, in accordance with its semi-sacred character, visitors will not be allowed to ride upon it. The last specimen brought to England was in 1883, by Barnum,, whose agents, before receiving the animal, were compelled to sign an oath to love and protect it; otherwise, by the sin of neglect, they could not escape hell.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12389, 8 March 1926, Page 6
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105SACRED WHITE ELEPHANT New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12389, 8 March 1926, Page 6
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