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This is the considered conclusion of Dr. H. Hediger in a book, published in London, called Wild Animals in Captivity (Butterworth; 35 shillings). Dr. Hediger is director of the Zoological Gardens at Basle, Switzerland, but he is no mere animal-keeper. He is an ecologist,*who appreciates the psychological as well as the material needs of animals...
When handled properly, many animals develop close relationships with their keeper, accepting him as a "friend" of their own species. They take refuge with him when danger threatens, or protect him against the attacks of other animals...
...with the Body! From Newgate's governor down to the lowliest keeper, every prison official had his private source of income. The governor sold liquor and encouraged his charges to get drunk. For a price, a prisoner could get a drink of water, have his manacles removed, or sleep with a woman. "Even the prisoners themselves imposed a charge for what they called 'chummage'" upon a newcomer, in return for which he could have a seat near the fire...
Bushman, furthermore, is a Chicago boy. He was born in French West Africa, it is true, and after being captured was nursed for a year by a native woman. But he was forwarded to the zoo as soon as he was weaned, and his keeper, a lean, wiry fellow named Eddie Robinson, immediately taught him to wrestle, tackle and pass a football on the Lincoln Park lawn. This ended when Bushman was six Conscious of his 160 Ibs., he good-naturedly refused to go back to his cage one day; it took sweating zoo attendants three hours...
...years an unvarying stream of 3,000,000 people passed annually by his cage. He was seldom sick, almost never troublesome. But early this month Keeper Robinson noted that Bushman seemed listless. One day, a fortnight ago, the big gorilla toppled over and lay sprawled and inert on the floor...