"BUSH BABIES."

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 59, 11 March 1930, Page 10

"BUSH BABIES."

TORTOISE ATTRACTION. | TEAM OF BLUE BUCKS. j COLLECTION' FOR ZOO. If — p | A collection of valuable animals for r the Auckland Zoo, .the gift of Mr. W. & 1L Sargent, a native of Auckland and now a business resident of East London, |j| South Africa, is at present at Taionga Park, Sydney, and will not be gl on to New Zealand until the quarantine formalities havo been observed. r ' 'M Sargent, now in Auckland, was bringing . the animals, but found that they l' a to be detained. Of outstanding interest arc the Bucks, one of the smallest types 01 antelopes, a native of Africa. These aio very rare and will not live when caught y in their wild state. They are heavily protected in South Africa. The. spec' Ml mens being brought here were bred 11 ; captivity by a friend of Mr. Sargent J It is understood they will be the on') Blue Bucks contained in zoos in gi part of the world. p Included in the shipment arc || Babies," an opossum-like genus i African lemur, and tortoises, Mr- & '■ gent endeavoured to get a wildebees 1 but was unsuccessful in this quest. j . Tlio donor was 011 a holiday hereto®® g time ago during which he visited Zoo and was much impressed W1 ,r. •:» arrangement and possibilities. He de |g mined to do his best to add to variety and interest of the zoo 1 Tho new collection including th e P seneo of tortoises will be a consider* 1 & help in those directions.