AUCKLAND ZOO EXHIBITS.
SEA LION SHOT; OSTRICH KILLED
Numerous acts of vandalism at Auckland’s new Zoo have been reported to the City Council. One of the ostriches died on Saturday as the result of copper poisoning, due to.the presence of bronze money in the bird’s stomach. The sea lion was shot dead deliberately, while two of the quaint colony of tuqtara lizards were killed rather brutally by violent prodding with sticks.
In addition, monkeys have been badly treated 1 by a little band of hooligans who visited the Zoo on Sunday. Flower-beds and rockeries have been wantonly interfered with, and the picturesque creek, which should be an outstanding feature of . the Zoo, has been fouled and littered with rubbish. A report regarding the death of the ostrich shows that its body contained several bronze coins, a small silver? coin, two large pieces of lead, and a small coil of wire.
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Shannon News, 6 March 1923, Page 3
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150AUCKLAND ZOO EXHIBITS. Shannon News, 6 March 1923, Page 3
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