Years ago the present writer was guilty of an article in this paper Advocating' 200 as part of the attractions in Jesafeld Park, - Well, one lives and learns. And for some years now the said writer has felt heartily ashamed of what he thea Said and only wishes it might be undone, Elsewhere to-day we print) {feeling description of the life-time prisoners of the Jessfield 200. it too much to plead that they might) be sent back to their native haunts ud let go? We realize that a good] deal of mone? mast have been spent the 200 and will thus be considered wasted. Surely that is better than to continue to be responsible for the torture inflicted on the inmates. We do not suggest for a moment that their cages, as such, are uncomfortable or that, so far as captivity permits, they are not kindly treated. The point is. that no amount of kindness can compensate certain wild animals for depriving them of their liberty. No' doubt me animals live happily enough in a cage and those that have been born in captivity, never having known freedom, may find life pose sable, Bot inthe main it is only necessary to look attentively at the Creatures to realize what they fulure. The monkeys are worst of all. They are so human. "And there is no release for them but death. To talk of the educational benefits a 200 strikes one as being mere pretence, 'Surely there are books' enough now on the habits of wild animals, which will teach us all a rear deal more about them than twe-can fear in any' 200; and there are also museums. One does not} think there is munch to be said' defence of a 200 and there is without doubt everything to be said against it,
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