DOGS OF ST. BERNARD
TRANSFER TO TIBET DECREED United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright LONDON, May 4 The Paris correspondent of the Daily .Telegraph states that arising from attacks allegedly made by the dogs of St. Bernards Hospice on visitors. the famous animals are being transferred to the Augustan Monastery at the summit of Latso Pass, Tibet, marking the last chapter of the famous rescue work in the Swiss Alps. They are under the care of an elderly monk. Brolhcr Cyril, who never before left his native village of Savoy. He insisted on accompanying the dogs to their new home. The <!••-= of St. Bernard have for long been famous for their rescue work in ilie Alps of Switzerland, where they assisted monks of the Hospice to locate and succour wayfarers essaying t.> traverse the pass in snowstorms. Lately it is averred that some of the animals have developed ferocious traits and attacked strangers at the Hospice. This has led to the above development.
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20491, 6 May 1938, Page 7
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162DOGS OF ST. BERNARD Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20491, 6 May 1938, Page 7
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