SHOT TWO LIONS
AMERICAN’S POOR SPORT
DECREPIT CIRCUS ANIMALS
NEW YORK, January 23
Mr Denver Wright, would-be “big game” hunter, of_ ; St Louis, whose scheme for stalking circus lions in bis home State “jungle” was. thwarted by sheriff’s officers few months ago, realised his ■ ambition yesterday. On this occasion Mr Wright kept his plans secret-, and can now. boast that he has, shot two Hons. He purchased them from a circus and took up. his position 100* yards from the cages in which they were drawn to the “jungle.” One animal was so decrepit that it had to be prodded into activity before it, would stagger from the cage. Its apparent senility did not touch the heart of the “hunter.” however. He “potted” it before it had tottered 50 yards.: The other lion was in an almost similar state of decrepitude, and it also fell an easy victim to the bullet of , the “big game” man.
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 February 1933, Page 8
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156SHOT TWO LIONS Hokitika Guardian, 20 February 1933, Page 8
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