GIRAFFES FOR ZOO

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1022, 12 July 1930, Page 10

GIRAFFES FOR ZOO

INQUIRIES BEING Mint FOR EXHIBITS^

A pair of giraffes forms part o{ Mssortm* nt of animals the Park* r mittee of th© Citv Council °^‘ mg about for addition to the Auc^

The Town Cl* rk. Air. J « p_2_. ,~ aid yesterday that ti,- , been conducting protracted n.-rnt tions with the National Zoological r. dens of South Africa for the pnrchiL °f That institution able to offer two giraffes, koodoo*/ kind of striped antelope', sable ait lopes, roan antelopes, blue v iidebSJ Stanley cranes. African porcupines nV South African weaver nnches.

Most of the animals were to reob, exhibits which had died here in r -3.~. years, said Mr. Brigham. It was aW five years since Auckland staTY giraffe. One had been housed in is! zoo but had died. It was now propoSa to acquire a pair. ~

I Should the committee decide to ahead with the purchase, a nutnb«Vformalities would have to be coa pleted before the animals reached ZeaJand. said Mr. Brigham. He posed they woula come here via Aual tralia Permits had to be obtains before th© hunters could set off t« catch the animals and »» to the freedom from disease of thi exhibits were required by the Som - ■ African Department of Agricultw. Then the Department of Apricultyj* * in Australia would have to be satisfied. Finally the department in Dominion would require certificates Mr. Brigham mentioned also that ffj. Canadian National Parks had offered v present a pair of Rocky Mountain sheep and a pair of goats from tEsame locality. They would be “cangiJ| up and brought down by the fall.’ a j Canadian phraseology.