SHELL FIRE AND ANIMALS.
The different effects cf «h°ll fire on different animals is described in the "Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung" by its correspondent on the western front. The b.vj elephant 5n the Antwerp Zoo. hj« writes, has, since the bombardmen k of the city, been suffering from a complete nervous breakdown, and for days at a time tramps backwards and forwards in its enclosure, refnsing food and drink. At intervals, it stops for a few moments, raises its trunk, apparently listening for a repetition of the cannonade, and then resume* its monotonous tramp. In some cases dogs f touch away with drooping head and tail as soon as they hear the sound W artillery. In, othere, having dis•fceli an exDloEten is to be exoicted. tfcer
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Waikato Times, Volume 87, Issue 13245, 29 July 1916, Page 1 (Supplement)
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125SHELL FIRE AND ANIMALS. Waikato Times, Volume 87, Issue 13245, 29 July 1916, Page 1 (Supplement)
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