LONDON ZOO
DEATH OF AN OKAPI. (British Official Wireless.) (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Rugby, November 4. The okapi which was given in July to the London ZZ>o by the Prince of Wales, who received it as a gift from the King of the Belgians, died suddenly to-day. The cause is at present unknown, but its loss is much regretted as there are only two other specimens in captivity in Europe.
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Southland Times, Issue 22732, 7 November 1935, Page 11
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69LONDON ZOO Southland Times, Issue 22732, 7 November 1935, Page 11
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