A LEOPARD ESCAPES
FROM AUCKLAND ZOO GARDENS
A^NIMAL NET YET LOCATED.
(HI TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
AUCKLAND, ,17th Sept.
; A'young female leopard, 'which' arrived last week from' India for'the Auckland;Zpo,>has escaped front .'.her ~den, bat it is not yet known whether she is lying concealed in the grounds or has managed to get : out. of the Zoo enclosure.' ; The' animal was not seen in the den' yesterday ; afternoon when an /.attendant- visited : it to feed her and Her mate",'but little notice was taken of her non-appearance; then,, as -': it waai; thought Bhe was 1 keeping out of sight. This morning, however, .it was . discovered "ihat'she had"'disappeared' from the denj and a' search of the grounds was immediately" organised, but without., any success. Whether she has escaped 'from "theSpfeciricls"; of the :Zoo or nbt: is" 1 riot yet" known; but^at. a; late" hour to-night she had not been,'located. , '
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 69, 18 September 1925, Page 8
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145A LEOPARD ESCAPES Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 69, 18 September 1925, Page 8
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