Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-04-20 | Page 8 | Zoo Visitors May Now Enter Elephant Building until 7 P. M.

1 5 A Let George Do It If Zoo Visitors May Now Enter Elephant Building Until 7 pm p.m. and I Ii Last l st Sunday my family i visited it d the zoo writes Carol CarolWood CarolWood Wood Farmington We Ve re arrived there about pm p.m. and nd toured I the outer area of f the zoo zoo before i arriving at the 1 elephant building at 6 pm p.m. As we entered the Ute building building build- build ing ling an attendant told us we could not go in as they were a about bou t to close He pointed point- point ed to a R sign George Georgo which said the building was open from 11 am Rm to 6 pm p.m. The sun sunu was war still shining hundreds hundreds hundreds hun hun- of people were still streaming streaming stream stream- ing ing- into the zoo and all felt as we did that it was as ridiculous for the eity to maintain such limited hours at t so ao public a a. place Can anything be done to have the the time extended extended extended ex ex- tended Since the arrival arri of ot your letter Mi Miss 8 Wood the zoos zoo's de deadline has been extended to 7 1 pm p.m. according to Joseph L L. Sloan superintendent of parks parte Mr Sloan explained that not a a. zoo in the country stays tays open after 7 pm p.m. in the summer ummer and most of them close at 6 pm p.m. in inthe inthe inthe the winter The parks superintendent points out out that animals get just as tired as do circus performers or vaude- vaude All day long they are al alternately al- al jumping and dodging peanuts candy and other human delicacies thrown them Being watched ridiculed and laughed at atall atall atall all day long by thousands of zoo visitors the animals naturally tend to become irritable and actually actually actually ac ac- ac- ac exhausted Mr Sloan ex ex- ex- ex He said aid they leap joyously joyously joyously joy joy- around their cages when the thel thelast thelast l last st of the zoo visitors has trooped from the caged buildings and grounds I IThe The zoo grounds excepting some i large buildings will continue to remain open until dark Mr birr Sloan said r 1 Mrs rh Phyllis E E. E Enos Eno Navajo st st. asked George to publicly thank a all l the Ule generous blood donors who offered their blood to little Butch McLaughlin year old polio victim victim vic vic- tim Urn who is recovering from the disease in St. St Marks Mark's hospital I Send questions suggestions or complaints to George in care of the Salt Lake Telegram S. S Main r in Full names and addres addresses es should be included in letters George will use only initials if re re- re quested