 The manner of Chunee's death was widely publicised, with illustrations printed in popular newssheets of volley after volley being shot into his profusely bleeding body.Recipes were published for elephant stew, along with maudlin poems saying "Farewell, poor Chuny".Letters were printed in "The Times" protesting at the barbarity of the process, and the poor quality of the living conditions of the animals in the menagerie.