Precautions at the Zoo
IN war broke out, one of the first things that "- was done in London, one of the first precautions taken, was immediately to destroy some of the most venomous and dangerous reptiles and animals in the London Zoo. The Zoo, as I have said before, is in part of Regent’s Park, in the centre of London. Many people thought that one of the first actions of the Germans would be to bomb London, right from the start, but months went by before the first bomb fell on the city. However, they couldn’t take the risk of wait-
ing to see when the attack would begin. A bomb dropped among wild animals and venomous snakes and spiders, might wreck the enclosures and release these maddened and terrified creatures. The first to go were the "black widow" spiders, as they are called. These, I believe, are the most deadly insects in the world. Then dan-
gerous snakes and reptiles, and the more savage animals were painlessly put to sleep. Others were removed to the country. But in the happy old days before the war, the London Zoo was a grand place, and in summer it was crowded day after day. During the school holidays, excursion trains of youngsters were brought from the country, or in buses, to spend the day there. And a day at the Zoo was a popular birthday treat for children in town. But the Zoo wasn’t only a paradise for the young, it attracted people of every age.-(Nelle Scanlan, "Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax." 2YA).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 77, 13 December 1940, Page 5
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