AGONISING PIKES GONE. Hilacireds Kofi Ju||gg&rs relieved, Jut mints sontXOT sixpence in staTOSg—xaffi Proprietary, Box 952A8, 'W^Tfmgrom •'-Pondo,” a five-year-old: male hippopotamus, has been sold .by • iliq Auckland Council to the Perth Zoo. “Zulu," two years old, .was sold to the Adelaide Zoo in; December last. ■The pair of adult hippopotami .at the Auckland./ Zoo have had' four youngsters, ! two of ~ yhiph' .died, /As. •the breeding ; luppopotbrni, in. 'capativity is rare, • considerable interest attaches to the Auckland ' animals, "\Pond6” is practically ,of adult size now, and weighs over a ton. He wiil require a crate at least, 10ft.. long jdi l . his Tasman crossing- The purchase, price-has not been disclosed. '
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXX, Issue 12200, 12 March 1934, Page 3
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