ZOO IMPROVEMENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18547, 3 November 1923, Page 10

ZOO IMPROVEMENTS.

; NEW--.EXHIBIT* EXPECTS II DONATION. OF i TWO S j PROVISION •:ob , ACCOMMODATE . Some notable additions are to be taoi H to the..,collection of animals and b£j! ™Jj at the Auckland goo within the ft! B" few months. The Parka Committee of IS ffii City Council has just ordered from |fl don a- bleeding heart baboon, t*» hamadryad baboons, and two' whiu HI llamas, the latter being suitable for «&J IO dre a to ride. An order has also uZ fli placed in Calcutta for two leopards ffl number of deer, and six peacocks. t Advid B has been received that the consignor (fl from London will be leaving almoit Hi, 91 mediately, and this with the • cxhiS--. 93 from Calcutta should reach • AuckliiS 9 about the end of the year. It^isw "■"■ 91 pected that the bison from . Canada Jni ffl arrive in the autumn. Two yaks th» - m present of a donor in England, will arrivi 9 about the same time. ; . B < ..The-Parks' Committee paid a visit el 9 inspection to the zoo yesterday afternoon 19 The rather elaborate temple which Utl |fl house the elephant is almost ready inj 1H Jamuna will take u*i her new quartm 9 next week. This building bag baßnl ''<&>Wl H signed to hold two elephants. Along on* fl side is a promenade from which the pub! fll ; iic will be able :to view Jamuna when fll she is not doing her daily task. When fll jin her quarters she will be seen through 9i a stout grille of heavy jarrah beams. Ju'V Bl In the hollow to the left below the en- . HI trance gates tho pond and playground 6i U the hippopotamus ia being constructed. A • 9 pond about -100 ft... long and from si x \,-Bj to eight feet deep is being formed,;wjthSß9B a wide grassy elope enclosed by a hum fl open iron fence. The hippopotamus, which fl will weigh approximate iv four tonsiWhehfeH full grown, should arrive from Melbourne fl about the end of this month.' The maio fl structure of tho polar bear arena is i a jfl place and the workmen are now fashion. fl ing the background, which is to be anv B plica of the face of an iceberg The flying 9 aviary for Australian and tropical birds I is well under way. The hillside adjoja. 9 ing the tiger arena is being, graded^:aadllfl 9 here will be built enclosures for tha B panthers and leopards, with a series oi fl terraces from which these handsome fl mals may be viewed.. ■*.? / ffil9 Fpr the water buffaloes, now- housed on fl the high ground near the entrance gates," fl an ideal site has been found near the fl flying aviary >where the stream flows out fl of the zoo grounds. Here the country» fl marshy and by impounding some of itHsglM water,- the animals will be enabled ;t6.-in. ■ dulge mi their habit of wallowing in-mod fl and water Among other works' in habd fl is the large monkey house, while .Hie, fi small cages which ' have ; .hitherto . heW|»m|H number of the exhibits are being replaced fl by larger wire cages. .-.- ;\':-. : •. i' v^^:-iJ(^^^,H