Correspondence with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals regarding statements on the capture and confinement of wild animals

Letter to J N Ritchie of the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food regarding the Animal Welfare and Husbandry Committee forming a sub-committee dealing with Animal Breeding

Journal written by William Youatt, Medical Superintendent at the Gardens 1833-1843. Covers 30 May 1833 - 28 March 1835.

Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Manchester Branch

9 Albert Square
Manchester

October 19th 1903

The Secretary
Zoological Gardens
Regents Park
London

Dear Sir

I am desired by my Committee to write and ask you for information on the following points:-

1. Is it a fact that Snakes in the Zool. Gardens at New York are not and never have been fed on live animals?
2. Are the Snakes at the Zoo in London fed on live animals, and if so on what kind of animals
3. If they are not so fed, what is the nature of the food given them?
4. What is your opinion as to food for Snakes. Is it necessary to feed them on living animals, or are all requirements met by feeding them on animals newly killed?

Any information you can give as to these points will be useful to us here and if you can let us have your replies to the above questions we shall be very greatly obliged

Yours faithfully

J. Lang

Sec.

Letter from Susan J Gore to Reginald Innes Pocock regarding the feeding of live goats to the snakes at the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London

Letter from Edmund B d'Auvergne to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the feeding of live animals to snakes in the Reptile House

Letter from John Colam of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the serpent feeding in the reptile house being a healthy amusement for children and young persons

Letter from Arthur F Astley to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the subject of reptile feeding at the Zoo

Bound volume of minutes of the Animal Welfare and Husbandry Committee of the Zoological Society of London

Terms of reference: To advise Council on matters relating to animal welfare and husbandry both in Regent's Park and Whipsnade Park, particularly in relation to the work of the Society's Veterinary Officer and Pathologist. Years covered are 1958-2001, 2007-2013.