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Page 4 PHOENIX April 11, 1974Short Staffed Zoo Tries ToPrevent Animal AbuseBy Rose Mary ScharrenbroichHank Blomquist, the soft-spoken, affable zookeeper at the Prospect Park Zoo for the last 15 years, describes his job as having become \per cent people-keeping.%u201d A shortage of manpower prevents Mr. blomquist from supervising visitors as well as he might. In addition, he feels the City is unresponsive to the Zoo supervisors.On two separate occasions during a recent week, one visitor to the Zoo witnessed groups of boys abusing the animals. In one ease, two boss about 12 years old were poking sharp sticks at the sheep and goats, the visitor stopped them with a brief scolding, in another instance, when a group of older boys was feeding cigarettes to the monkeys, the visitor intervened and was threatened by the boys. In neither ease was a keeper within sight.Lesser offenses include bike riding and dog walking, but both could be annoying and even hazardous on a crowded Sunday. Thge grounds are posted with signs clearly stating No Bike Riding, No Pets.\quist says, %u201c I should have 13 full-time keepers on hand every day. There should be two for each building and three for the bear dens. I hat way, there's one man working the animals and another man to keep an eye on the people. Tuesday was a good day. I had nine men on hand.\As evidence ot his man power shortage, Mr. Blomquist is wearing olive-drab work clothes. \going to cover the lions' cage today.\In a recent New York Times editorial. Parks Administrator Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., was quoted as saying that the Central and Prospect Park Zoos are \19th-century menageries.%u201d Mr. Weisl's remarks were made in response to the recent beatings of fallow deer at the Central Park Zoo.\killed the same way in 1966,%u201d Mr. Blomquist says. \done then. Now that the deer in Central Park were attacked, I%u2019ve been asked to put three full-time men on at night.\men were taken from the day crew, which leaves Mr. Blomquist even more shorthanded than he was before.Breakfast, lunch , Din n e rw ^ C O C K T A I L S / O ^ ^ C o r n e r of Atlantic & thirdTEL 6 2 5 O ftft3 OR 625 0964-RESJAURANT outlays\V * 1 1 5:30W TO MtPHlQHTNew Photographs April 13- May 2JO H N BEN ED ICT'1!%u201991 Atlantic Awe. Brooklyn G/ILLER/C/llfaiW mTake a chicken to lunch-to the beach -for a ride in the country - -in your own backyard%u25a0 liiiTurn an ordinary meal into a picnic withREGO%u2019S ROOSTOpen Daily 1 1 lo 11 169 ATLANTIC AVE.(aOnton)lIIThe Children%u2019s Farm was a problem in its early stages.Dr. Edward Garner, a veterinarian formerly under contract with the City, does not think that more man power is the answer to preventing animal abuse. %u201c Glass-enclosed cages would permit easier viewing and prevent the kooks from tossing stuff into the cages.%u201d During Dr. Garner's term with the City, two gorillas at the Staten Island Zoo began convulsing. %u201c Our examination couldn%u2019t uncover a cause. We think someone threw them sugar cubes with LSD.%u201dAn ever-present hurdle for Mr.R i c h a r dG a f f n e yD raw ingsH e s l b r o a d w a y431 W est Broadway April 13 - May 2O pening A p ril 1 3th T u c s .-S a t. 11*5966-2520Blomquist is communication with the City. \attention to the supervisors. We make requests. They ignore us. When the Children%u2019s Farm was built three years ago, we asked for a 10-foot fence to enclose it. The engineers came down, looked aroutid, and before we knew it, a four-foot fence was going up.%u201d The four-foot fence was replaced by the higher one after Mr. Blomquist%u2019s repeated complaints. %u201c Why, the kids would have been jumping over it and the animals would have been jumping over it and getting their stomachs ripped open.%u201dMr. Blomquist has also made recommendations for enlarging the lions%u2019 and tigers' cages. %u201c You see, they could be expanded. There%u2019s room.%u201d He points to the grassy area behind the cages. %u201c But,%u201d heThe very famous.restaurant in Brooklyn.And the great Sir Michael Redgrave.Great theater and great dining.. Sir Michael Redgrave and the Royal Shakespeare Company in repertory at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, April 18 to 28th. Before curtain, enjoy the art of American cooking as we have practised it for nearly a century. What a famous idea!Brooklyn's Landmark Seafood and Steak House (Est. 1879)adds with a shrug, %u201c 1 guess the City didn't want to spend the money.%u201dWhile many visitors complain that the cages seem cramped, Mr. Blomquist says that \cages are larger than those at the Central Park Zoo. Our cages have more headroom and our runs are larger for exercising.%u201d Above the din of friendly roars, he proudly points out that the partitions between occupied and unoccupied cages in the lion house have been removed, thereby doubling space.Unlike the Bronx Zoological Gardens, with its elaborate exhibits, which is funded privately by the New York Zoological Society, the Central and Prospect Park Zoos are funded by the City. If Hank Blomquist had all the money he needed, he says he would build a new zoo \present site.%u201d%u201c We%u2019re built in a valley,%u201d he explains. \pump our drainage uphill to the level of the street sewers. When it rains, we're flooded. The machinContinued on Page 14LESLIETILLETTIN I MA A! 1 Hf BROOKLYN! I ACADEMY CINEMA AT THE BROOKLYN! I ACADEMY CINEMA AT THE BROOKLYN! 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