Abstract
THE appeal, to which reference has been made (NATURE, Feb. 13, p. 241), has now been issued by the Zoological Society of London. Recognising the particular interest of the famous herd of white park cattle at Chillingham Castle, and the impossibility of its maintenance, under present financial conditions, by the owner, the Earl of Tankerville, the Council has taken a lease of the Park for seven years at a rental of £500 annually. Of this sum the Council has promised to contribute £100 annually for the seven years, and it appeals, through the three Trustees appointed for the purpose, for assistance in raising the balance required. The cattle herd, which has been enclosed for many centuries, now consists of forty-four animals. It has always been left to follow its own devices, so that annually a master bull fights his way to supremacy, and the retiral of the cows to calve in the woods, where they conceal their young for nearly a fortnight, recalls tho habits of the wild extinct ox, or urus, which inhabited prehistoric Britain. The cattle are so wild as to be unapproachable, but arrangements have been made whereby subscribers to the fund may have entry to the Castle grounds and access to a safe place from which the herd may be viewed. Donations or annual subscriptions should be sent to the Secretary, Zoological Society, Regent's Park, London, N.W.8, marked “Chillingham Cattle Fund”.
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