Animals at Park Zoo Welcome Spring's Coming
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HAIitiKltS AUK LAZY- Photo by a Staff Artlat.
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Mows liis two mates in t he be;ir
MfH'NTA I M LIONESS TAKES A LOOK rhoto by a Stuff Artis'.
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ci, 1 1 y a i iil , wiis tihsni'i.-i I I' ll i f I. li as, to
Iiih kii pi r giving In'" III" tit ii' of I he
rami. us blacksmith pugilist, 'i zslitiitions
or "Simmons" for short camr nut nf hi
ilili in III.' I'll tin- other day. snuffed tin1
luiliiiy i lr, : i 1 1 I . ' I i I In. pole ladder mi l
surveyed tin. surrounding landscape lis
only n In ar ran, and llii'ii, Willi a hii rt li"
ilrniii.i ipiiekly to tlir Moor of (In. iit mil
rolled ii vi r ami out k oflrn Unit his two
playmatch, "IJni'rn" mnl "Johnnie," cam
out mnl gazed at him Willi iiiiia.i'iiii'iit.
Seeing tlirm In' iiiinlr a jump at "Jolinnii1,"
kii vi' him a lively box on lln side of the
head ami managed, III escaping from
".IoIiiiiiIi.'h" retaliatory vrni;. uncc, to roll
over Hi'. 1 1 1 i I I -1 . y ' 1 "IJiitM n," much to Iit
iiulignni Ion, ami thru in a JilTy In' was sit
ting HiTini'ly on tln high perch, again.
Hi1 iniiBt liavi' sni I Kiimrl IiIiik in brar bin
kuiiki' to Ma tn (i t s, for Insii'inl of imrsu
liiK lilin llH'y, too, braii siilllliiK the fra
grant nlr, miK.'K'lously wanMiiiK lln lr Ih'iuIh
at iiii'li other. "Simmons" caul loiisly ilo
sii. nihil ami Jolni'il Ihiin, ami if tarn om'
illilu't say:
"It'.i KprliiK iiKaiu, ami I smell peanul,"
Ihey iirtalnly meant lliil ami woulil liavi'
Bill, I It, loo, bail they l.uoiwi bow. Illrils
wire InuliiK in the trees. hiippiiiK from
hough to hoiiKh, In apparently nlinl.Sf rx
i llein, nl; the l ib. In pl.iin view, lookeil
loiiKiimly at the nn en ki.ish mi the iimlul
aliiiK lamlsrair, ami "Monarch." probably
the lilnneKt bulT.iln In the vvorlil, abamloncil
bis hayrick uml tlnew t-nfi eulli IiIkIi In
elr with bis hlioit i nr i.l Ion us. Th,
Hiiiml of illstaiit aitivltles in the outer
worbl cainc Ilea linn Ihrounh I he trees. The
warm sunbeams, lite buibiliiK trees, the
Kolille ami balmy bniv. . each tobl the Hewn
that ailslere Willi, r hail lleil
I'nwonteil exi llcinenl in the wolf rase
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"HOII CAT" ItKSTS AKTEi:
by a Staff Artist.
A LIGHT LUNCH Photo
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OS HIS EASY SEAT -Thoto by a Stuff Ar-
sliowiil (hat siiinet liiiiK unusual hud hap
pen, d there. Tile bin, black wolf walked
back ami forward less discontentedly thun
usual, and bis frequent visits to the, cave
under I bo rocks disclosed his lively Inter
est in HinuethiiiK concernliiK his gray part
ner, whose irotriuIiiiK head and Inquiring
eyis betrayed (iiest IoiiIiik interest lu the
Htate of the weath r. Whether It was be-
of the eloiiuent demeanor of her
or because her Independent In
ner solicitude, she
cave and, turning,
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mate,
vesication sat tailed
emerged from the
proudly watched the uncertain steps of
live pup wolves as they one by one hesi
tatingly obeyed the signals of encourage
ment of their mother. The big. black par
ent strutted about the little fellows until
a dry, warm spot in tho sun was reached,
when the pups began playing, to the mani
fest delight of their parpnts. Uut they
didn't stay out long, for In a few minutes
they followed their mother into the warm
seclusion of the cave.
The mountain lioness In the adjoining
cage, sleek and active, appeared to timler
sl.iiul the interesting occaslcn of subdued
'APA WOLF IN HIS PRIDE Photo by a Staff Ar;ist.
excitement on the part of the wolves, for
she paused in her rapid movements long
enough to watch the pups as they played
wiih each other, although the brightening
of her eyes suggested ambiguous emotions
and indicated that only the unyielding
fence stood between the little wolves
a tragedy that would have sianiped
is five times a murderer of the help
though she may only have been
invious of the happy family, living in sharp
iiiutrasl Willi her own lonely life.
Whatever may have been her feelings, it
was si ;nificant that the well fed wild cat
in the cage on the other side studiously
kept as far away as possible from her
sharp claws. The "bob-tailed" cat is a
handsome fellow ami when he isn't lazily
dozing lu hunger-satislied indifference to
the stern limitations of his prowling
nature, he is sharply eyeing every bird or
chicken that comes within his view. The
tiny dog of one of the keepers caused the
cat almost to forget the observant eye of
the mountain lion. The cat looked as If it
would have enjoyed playing with the lit
tle dog until ready to eat it.
The beautiful red aud silver gray foxes
in adjoining cages appeared to take life
very easily and not to regret their cap
tivity. They nhuwed no alarm at the close
approach of persons to the cages. Prob
ably their regular supply of food has made
them Indifferent to the pleasures of the
chase.
North of the wolf family are five deni
zens of the western prairies, two coyotes
and three badgers. The coyotes have not
abandoned the sneaking habits of their
kind, although every time they hear the
whistle of a locomotive, and, at other
times, too, they howl and bark with that
wonderfully deceptive and multitudinous
bark which, when heard on the silent
prairies at night, convinces the Inex
perienced that there are hundreds of them
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TWO UEAl'TIKl'L ELK -Photo by a Staff Artist.
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