29 NOVEMBER 1930, Page 21

IMPRISONED BIRDS

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sut,—Everyone who thinks at all must sympathize with Lord Howard's detestation of the cruelty involved in caging wild birds ; but how is it he does not even mention the Zoo ? AN long as the Zoo is so popular as a sort of excuse for educating children in natural history how can we expect "public opinion" to be converted to our way of thinking ?—I am,