Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-03-14 | Page 3 | Hogle Gardens Zoo Sets Season Opening April 16

Hogle Gardens Zoo Sets I Season ason Opening O ning April 16 Hogle Gardens zoo will formally open for the season season of at 1936 Captain R R. D D. McCollin director said Sat Saturday rd y B But t the mere formality of ot openIng openIng opening open open- Ing Captain McCollin s said id need not hinder Salt Lake City residents from previous visits Fifteen hundred hundred hundred hun hun- dred persons were were th there re last Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day he ho said and an equal number is 13 expected tomorrow F For r the tho opening Captain McCol- McCol un hopes to have three polar bears two new leopards and two new tigers as well as a pair of ot kanga kanga- roos Next week a IL pair of lynx and a baboon arc are scheduled to arrive from Texas No UNo exhibits will be discontinued the director said Some surplus animals are being traded for other animals wo wo do not have at present but new arrivals will not Increase feed teed bills The Tho Misters and Mandrill Mandrill Man Man- drill Baboon also will have wives in the near future if a trade now being negotiated goes through The city recreation department will wUl participate in the formal opening opening open open- ing and Captain McCollin hopes to have an animal act which will Include tigers leopards and lions for lor entertainment The city zoo board Intends Intend to gIve Salt Lake City the best zoo it ever has had Captain McCollin said i V ri 4 4 4 Captain K It I D. D McCollin l Gives plans plan for c city tl zoo SOD J