INDIAN ELEPHANT FOR WELLINGTON ZOO.
“ LILY” IS GIFT FROM MADRAS GOVERNMENT. (Special to' the “Star.”) WELLINGTON, January 15. '1 he first elephant for the Wellington Zoo arrived by the Sussex to-day. She is the gift of the Madras Government. “ Lily ” has been in the wars, but the trouble is of her own making, for when she was boxed up in an Indian railway truck for transportation to the coast .she objected, and proceeded to smash things up. Considering that she had been taken wild only a few weeks before, and is six years old, it was not surprising. It was a simplo matter to get Lily off the ship to-day, however, and soon she was hoisted over the side to the wharf. The idea was to change her over from a shore-box to a float, but when she tried the float and found it would give she refused to be coaxed, pushed or prodded. Her hobbles were, therefore, removed,- and she went to the Zoo afoot. A tigress was also landed, but her temper is highly dangerous. However, she was safely caged, and was removed to the Zoo.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18055, 15 January 1927, Page 10
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188INDIAN ELEPHANT FOR WELLINGTON ZOO. Star (Christchurch), Issue 18055, 15 January 1927, Page 10
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