Evening star., 1937-09-28
RARE ANIMALS
ARRIVE AT zoo
Giraffes and Hoofed Crea-
lures Will Follow After
Passing Quarantine.
fFuH page OF pictures on
Page A-9.)
BY w. II. SHIPPEN. JR.

There were at least thousand new
reasons to believe today that Washing
tons Zoo may yet become "one Of the
greatest free shows on earth"
Each of the 1000 or more rare
specimens which arrived from the
East Indies this morning strengthened
the determination of DR.. William M.
Mann, director Of the Zoo, to provide
the American people with a geological
collection second to none
The newcomers are receiving ac-
commodations in some Of the worlds
finest display houses, buildings erected
with w. P. A. funds and designed for
beauty. permanence and utility. The
first shipment Of animals arrived by
express early today and was transfer
red to the Zoo in trucks.
Placed In Lion House.
Dr. Mann and his aides Immediately
got busy caging them The big cats
were unloaded at the Lion House
Harry. the expeditions pet tiger, was
placed In cage near the Zoos black
jaguar. Harry still wore the brass
studded leather harness, bestowed on
him during his voyage to America
The pet seemed friendly and good
natured in his new quarters
Such was not the case with the big
Sumatran tiger. which charged the
bars and roared defiance at spectators.
Two black leopards and one spotted
leopard also were placed in the Lion
House
The lions and tigers already quarter
ed in the house set up great uproar
when they scented the newcomers
Some Of them had to be penned out
doors while the transfer was in prog
ress.
One of the principal attractions in
the new house for great apes and
small mammals will be two henna-
haired orang-outans One is Wrestler,
the intended mate Of the Zoos female
orang -outan. Other occupants OF the
same house were the expeditions
young gibbons, the lutangs, q rare
leaf-eating monkey; pair of Suma-
tran hog badgers. pair Of young
tree kangaroos and rare Sumatran
tree shrew. At least 80 additional new
arrivals will be quartered in the man.
NAL house.
The birds and reptiles were to be
placed later today.
The expeditions four giraffes and
about a score of other hoofed animals
were shipped in trucks from the dock
at Staten Island to a Department of
Agriculture camp in New Jersey for
a two-week period of quarantine
against the possible importation of
hoof -and-mouth disease.
Giraffes Cause Delay.
The giraffes, incidentally, caused
quite delay yesterday afternoon on
the dock, where they had been hoisted
in crates over the side of the freighter
Silverash into waiting trucks. 1t
wasn't the fault of the giraffes. GER
tainly. but rather that Of the truckers
who failed to figure on the length of
the animals necks.
The trucks could not get through
the wharf door with the tall crates.
The crates were little over Is feet
| above the floor and the door had only
q 14-foot clearance. Thus the movers
were forced to saw a foot off the top
OF the crates before they could be
taken of the dock
Lyang Gaddi, native Of Borneo,
who was brought here because Of his
knowledge of animals, gained through
years as a jungle hunter and guide,
got his first glimpse Of Washington
this morning in chill rain. Gaddi
had no time for sightseeing, how
ever, and probably will not until all
the animals are settled here
Gaddi and Malcolm Davis. chief
keeper at the bird house, accompanied
the two express carloads of animals
from New York. The shipment was
met by Ernest Walker, assistant di-
rector Of the Zoo, and William M.
Blackburn, veteran headkeeper
Roy Jennier, chief keeper of the rep
tile house, accompanied the hoofed
animals to quarantine in New Jersey
and will remain there to supervise
their care
DR.. and Mrs. Mann, Jennier and
(see ZOO, Page A-5)