BIRTH OF CHIMPANZEE
LONDON ZOO EVENT CONGRATULATORY TELEGRAMS \ LONDON, Feb. IS The birth of the first chimpanzee in the London Zoo has created extraordinary interest, telegrams of congratulation arriving at the zoo from all over Britain. The mother, named Booboo, was fed for two months on hothouse grapes, tha sweetest of apples, and the best milk, which was treated with violet rays and immunised against tuberculosis.. The birth was attended by the best veterinary surgeons. The daughter has been christened Jubilee, and her nursery has been fitted with artificial sunlight, an air purifier, and glass screens against draughts.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22045, 27 February 1935, Page 11
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