PROPOSED ZOO FOR EDINBURGH.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 428, 10 February 1909, Page 11

PROPOSED ZOO FOR EDINBURGH.

■ ", i< ~ ( , ,f » TAKE! ACTION? 'A' mdetingoohf h citizens favourable to the establishment of a zoological gardeii in Edinburgh was hold Cham-bers-IBailie, Stevenson presiding in the absence of Lord Provost, i .The chairman 'Baiditho idea'of a ssbological garden in Edin-" burgh wa§ not a lie* one, but for soihe reason or other the proposal had never beSn adopted,. Now, however, .that it had been taken up by such men ae* Professor Cossar occupied > the chair of Natural History in Edinburgh University, they might e3]S6ct>the pioposal would receive the consideration its importance demanded. One ' could iat otice i see stien a scheme if carried out would be a great source of pleasure and instruction to the citizens at large. -> , Mr. William Anderson, solicitor, submitting a preliminary statement, Said the three principalt points to b,e considered were tho site, the capital sum refjuire'd, and buildings, , laying groiind, atook, otd., and the annual inc6nie fequired for upkeep. He , mated that,the annual expenses of management Would amount to £3000. The main idea of'-this meeting oupht to be to form a j society, to be called the Zoological Society of BcotlandJ Councillor Camerori said they must apr proaoli the eubjeot on foto clear issues. Whether was it* to be a public institution paid by the city 6f Edinburgh, with.perhapß b subsidy from 'the' Government, or run by privati enterprise. He thought the city of Edinburgh would be justified in going to the expense of starting a zoological garden, and he advocated the , eondirtg of a petition to tho Town Council to Consider the advisability of starting suoji a garden. He thought tho garden should be an annex to one of our public parks. Mr."Gordon Masoh expressed himself as opposed to a zoo beihg run by the municipality alone. An ideal he said, was at the back of the Blackford Hill and ,the eiid of the Hermitage, where there was shelter, timber, sloping and level ground) rock> 6nd running water. - On the motion of "Dr. Bruce, seconded by Councillor Cahieron, it was agreed to appoint a proviSionnl committee to consider the, advisability of promotihg ft zoological garden in Edinburgh, and to report to a futuie meeting. All. those attending the meeting were elected ( to the committee, with power to add to their numb6r. I ' i ~»i ...