Death of Famous Ape

Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6788, 20 February 1932, Page 16

Death of Famous Ape

Death has claimed as its victim one of the almost human chimpanzees at the London Zoo. She is Peggy, one of the famous trio of apes whose daily tea party in a room over the Begent’s Park restaurant was one of the biggest attractions at the zOo. Peggy’s two companions, 800-boo and Ivy, are in the zoo sanatorium, fighting

against ail attack of pneumonia. They are; surrounded with, hot-water bottles and watched day and night. It was their liking for human companionship that brought about their illness. After each tea party they rushed to the little glass window to flatten their noses against the panes and watch the human beings they tried to imitate. A draught round the window started their c.olds, which turned to influenza and then to pneumonia. Peggy, weakened by pneumonia last year, developed bronchitis. ■] Oxygen was used in a vain attempt to pull' her through her illness.

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