Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1896 — THE WORLD’S GREATEST ZOO. [ARTICLE]

THE WORLD’S GREATEST ZOO.

New York Is to Have One That Wi,ll Cover 30i> Acres, New York is to have a zoological garden that will surpass anything of the kind ever before known. Plans have nearly been completed by the New York Zoological Society, which is made up of some of

A new principle wifi be carried out in regard to the wild animals, that of placing native and foreign animals of the tropical, temperate and colder regions fcir ns possible among their natural sur-' roundings. It will 'be possible to do this, considering the large area that will be at the disposal of the society. The larger animals of North America will be shown in the free range of large inclosures, in which the rocks, forests and natural features of the landscape will give the people an. impression of the life, habits and native surroundings of these different types. It is proposed that the lion house shall open into a sandy inclosure in which palms and other tropieal plants will give u perfect impression of the natural habitat of the lion. The first main feature will be the collection of native animals, many of which are rdpidly becoming extinct. The value of exhibiting them under natural condition will be very great.