1 DECEMBER 1939, Page 6

Lord Tankerville's statement that the Zoo is thinking, on grounds

of economy, of slaughtering the two Chillingham cattle it has at Whipsnade disturbs me greatly. The Chil- lingham herd represents the only survivors of the real aboriginal wild white cattle in England, and the herd has gradually dwindled to a total of, I think, 34. I saw, and photo- graphed, the herd from a discreet distance a few months ago. A society called the Friends of the Chillingham Herd has been formed to relieve Lord Tankerville of part of the cost of their maintenance. If the Zoo cannot support the two that were recently presented to it they ought surely to go back to Chillingham.