CORRESPONDENCE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 15, 30 May 1868, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

0 THE ALBATROSS. IO TIM KMTOH OV THIS STAR, Siu,—l»m not qulto satisfied ftbout the Albatross, and had I been in town when my lottor, wlin your footnote; appeared, I Bliouid haro asked you to insert a fow words in rcplyi Your remark about a Zoological ooolcty doo« not apply in this instanco, and for this ronnon— that in % Zoological garden ovory caro is tiikcn to provide tho inmates with au closo an imitation of tlioir natural habitat as posdblo, Was this dono in tho ouho of tho poor albatross ? Decidedly not, Therefore, I way that tho Acclimatisation society, by kooplng thoso birds as : they did, woro guilty of a groBH act of oruolty. I notico that tho curator lias .written to tho Press, explaining that , " tho birds," moaning tho albatross, " vrcro accoptcd with tho idoa of thoir being a ueoful acquisition to tho mnsoum, ono only being retained' as an object of interest in tho gardens,'/ . So, Hir, my surmise was gutto corroot. A lot of poor albatross— no real sailor caught and landed thorn, I'll bo bound— aro to bo lcoj>t in torturo in a Hinall ouclOHuro. uoac a Hiuull pool of froHh wator, which, comparod to tlio ocoan in which thoy ■ llvo is as a grain of sand placed besido our Western ranges, as objects of interest, with tho viow ,of ultimately killing nil wire ono— reserved for further torturo— for tbo musoum I In tho name of common uonso, in tho namo of common humanity, is this sort of thing to bo allowed ? Yot tho members complain tlmt tho Acclimatization Society moots with llttlosup. port from tho public. Sir, I wish well to tho sooioty, and I deniro to sco it go 1 f oh aiid prospcrj but I will not conno, with your por« mli|Hlon, to ralso my volco Mgainst suoh »cnso> leas cruolty «fl I now complain qt, Your ohodiont sorvant, , HUMANITY. Chrlstdmroh, May 20th. .' ■: