Foreign News: At Whipsnade

Few weeks ago King George. Queen Mary, the Duke & Duchess of York and Princess Elizabeth went down for the first time to Whipsnade in Bedfordshire. 34 mi. from London. There on English meadows thick with bluebells they saw wolves, bears, elephants, rheas taking their ease in what Britons hope will some day be the biggest, finest, most humane zoo in the world. A 50-acre park opened in 1931. it is arranged for the comfort of animals, not humans. Visitors must hike along fenced or ditched paths while animals roam at will through acres...

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