ZOO ATTRACTIONS

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 72, 18 December 1928, Page 10

ZOO ATTRACTIONS

NEW LOT OF ANIMALS AND BIRDS

The Wellington Zoo never looked better than it did yesterday. After the recent heavy rains the place appeared clean-washed and hygienic, whilst the grounds and gardens seemed all the better for the soaking of last week. There is still a lavish display of roses, myriad flecks of coloured light in the golden sunshine of yesterday’s forenoon, whilst the air Is perfumed by the sweetest of all scents —that of the English rose, and its numerous relatives from all parts of the globe. Including the graceful American pillar rose, nodding gracefully on slender supports. Truly the rosery at the Zoo is a pleasant place when the sun shines from a sky of cloudless blue, and with the close approach of the holidays it should be a retreat greatly sought after by parents and their children. There is a further attraction in a collection of animals and birds which arrived from Washington, United States of America, by the Makura yesterday morning, consigned to Mr. J. Langridge, director of the Zoological Gardens. This collection consists of two fine healthy black bears, one vic-ious-looking puma, two eagles, whose habitat are the canyons of Arizona and the Rockies, two turkey vultures, one pair of barn owls, and another pair of horned owls (so-called because of the peculiar growth of their crown feathers). This collection have all been well housed, and will be on exhibition to-day.