THE LONDON ZOO.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20169, 23 February 1931, Page 12

THE LONDON ZOO.

VALUATION at Zoological l t shows ~th*t &e worth *looo,*4ind <S?^/i&Tffijfofc, i valuable \ Mr D. £t£?; Mammals, in'an lions are at a JcUscQUnt. ' value of the collection., | ! under *35,000 v *& l-fai I seem very high7Wsfc"Ro>aylapaWii mate, being what we* get if forced to'seU'Dtf&atjSjMwl "Many of the animals replaced at these prices.. Beam aveT>4sßp-a dragon the market. Six WufUng' the Polar bears on the Mappxn terrace, are worth *£2o each, WhUetfSfi'rest are worth abouifc, half- &f jupagrAr, ah the same, we are not ; gomg < at ' these prices. Elephants goo* place in the*scale, and>J;lie:bitf*iJßorkiiia elephants, whicli.tak«4se^^reii' r -for < rides, are priced Even the giraffes do thw. are worth only £2O& less/,. ,»,w;., ■'*., ' "The rhino'ceros 't» "ug vaftatye beeeause the ..Indian* - dying out/and the, aie carfefully>pi'eservfidj.by!l^BJM^ , 'rajii|is and -the, .permission tprxsateh yua iif gVajtffcgf the tun -is only banning,-and cost-a," ' good deaLof r animal reaches Lpndon.uTCbe animals at L 1 Wwpsnade, "'the; new; country, Zoo, are*- ' i not;inftJstfea>,n£«^^ • are' vrfwed.byftl^ma^'.^'giant^fc Just 25ft I^S>£^^^*3.. ; «, foot? J of a scales at;tliwr«wf The valuation* M*^ i sS&ssfa - finished yet, but the \ of paradise is the world and worth, well £

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