HUNTING WILD ANIMALS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18395, 12 May 1934, Page 14

HUNTING WILD ANIMALS

STOCKING OF MENAGERIES i / EAST AFRICAN CAPTURES Mr H. Edgell, whb has spent many years hunting and capturing wild animals, birds and reptiles for the world's menageries, arrived at Wellington on Wednesday. Mr Edgell said that he captured most of the wild animals in East Africa, and often travelled on the sake ship with them to their port of disembarkation. On one occasion he had been detailed to accompany ’3O African zebras to St. Louis, but the ship was wrecked off Cape Sagrez, Portugal. For three nights and two days he re- • mained on the ship in an endeavor , rescue the zebras, and he managed to save eight. Mr Edgell said that one of his reasons for visiting Australia was to acquire specimens of wild life. He had been asked by the curator of the London Zoo to obtain two platypuses and two kookaburras, but the Government would not give him a permit to take these out of the country. Samples of opals he had round iafi Australia were shown by Mr Edgell#* /! who stated that he had some fine and rare stones which he intended presenting to the British Museum. One specimen, he said, was a complete oyster opalised, while another stono weighed lilb,