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- the other small birds, containing ants eggs
etc etc [etcetera]. The giraffes breed yearly, a single
[male symbol] Okapi with strongly developed horns is
in very fine condition.
The zoo is self supporting + is even
expanding its capital plant on profits with
an admission fee of 75 ore [words crossed out] 1 kr [krone]. It has had
1,200,000 visitors this year. Some wealthy
members have given animals but not cash.
There is a small group of shareholders that
never take any profit. Shares are almost
ungettable + include only 5 gest [guest?] cards per
year + that is all. A board of 5 or 6
directors runs it.
Other species of interest, Reindeer (15 yrs [years]), fed on grass
+ Cladonia, moose cow, fed largely on branches of trees
In the museum I note that the Alces alces [underlined]
has the antler bases curved downwards
instead of up. This gives them quite a
different appearance.
Referring to the zoo again they have
a good arrangement for the red deer +
wapiti
[ZOO DIAGRAM]
service path, raised embankment 4' +/-, back pen [male symbol] + [female symbol]'s [text in diagram]
[female symbol]'s only Front pen, fence of steel rails with narrow opening for hinds only, public path [text in diagram]
In this arrangement the public can touch the hinds + calves
but only see the bulls at a distance. Also the hinds +
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