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Nevilledog

(51,055 posts) Mon Mar 22, 2021, 06:51 PM Mar 2021

Michael Beschloss: Unfortunate sign at National Zoo, DC, 1943

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Michael Beschloss: Unfortunate sign at National Zoo, DC, 1943 (Original Post) Nevilledog Mar 2021 OP

Well, lions are expensive to feed... Ocelot II Mar 2021 #1

Thank god boxcar refrigeration of meat quickly did away with this sad but necessary practice (nt) FreepFryer Mar 2021 #2

I remember similar sign at the Bronx Zoo in my marybourg Mar 2021 #3

Please don't tell me you think it is for real, other than for probably a crossroads so that it would Hestia Mar 2021 #4

Ocelot II

(115,656 posts)

1. Well, lions are expensive to feed...

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Mar 22, 2021, 06:52 PM

Mar 2021

FreepFryer

(7,077 posts)

2. Thank god boxcar refrigeration of meat quickly did away with this sad but necessary practice (nt)

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Mar 22, 2021, 07:12 PM

Mar 2021

marybourg

(12,606 posts)

3. I remember similar sign at the Bronx Zoo in my

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Mar 22, 2021, 07:20 PM

Mar 2021

childhood. Meant to frighten wayward children.

Hestia

(3,818 posts)

4. Please don't tell me you think it is for real, other than for probably a crossroads so that it would

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Tue Mar 23, 2021, 07:04 PM

Mar 2021

make the child easier to find - either police booth or where the child could look both ways for parents.

Reminds me of a sign a woman sells in her shop

"Unattendend children will be fed a latte and given a puppy"

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