WATER BUFFALOES
The already extensive collection of animals from different parts of the world in the Zoo has been enriched this week by tho arrival of two water buffaloes and an Indian bull or "bantin." The water buffalo will be familiar to moat returned soldiers, "who in tho course of their campaigns had any experience of Egypt;, for thero the buffalo or "gamoose," as it is called, is to be seen in all parts of the land, especially alongside the canals and branches of the Nile in the Delta. It ia widely used in Egypt and elsewhere for food. Tho Chairman of Reserves Committee (Councillor W. J. Thompson), which has charge of the Zoo, mentioned that in pursuance of its policy of improving the collection, an elephant, is being obtained, and is probably on its way here now. Whenever any species of bird or animal breed prolificacy under the favourable conditions of the Zoo, it is tho policy of tho committee to disposej by exchange or otherwiso, of the surplus number, as the cost of feeding the denizens of tho Zoo ia no inconsiderable item in these days.
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Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 91, 18 April 1921, Page 8
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188WATER BUFFALOES Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 91, 18 April 1921, Page 8
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