Report on the National Zoological Park 



Sir : I have the honor to submit the following report on the activi- 

 ties of the National Zoological Park for the fiscal year ended June 

 30,1960: 



GIFTS 



The past year was outstanding as far as gifts from foreign govern- 

 ments were concerned. In November the French community of Afri- 

 can Republics presented President Eisenliower with "Dzimbo," a baby 

 African elephant, which arrived in Wasiiington after having been 

 flown from the Brazzaville Zoo to the Vmcennes Zoo in Paris and 

 then across the Atlantic. The formal presentation was made on the 

 White House law^n on October 12 by Dr. Jean Einjard, associate 

 director of the Vincennes Zoo. 



President Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia presented two of the rare 

 Dorcas gazelles to Mrs. John Eisenhower when she accompanied 

 the President on his tour of Europe and North Africa in 1959. Hav- 

 ing successfully passed through the required quarantine in Europe 

 and again in New Jersey, these beautiful little antelopes arrived at 

 the National Zoological Park on June 80, 1960. 



The National Zoological Park has long been famous for breeding 

 pygmy hippopotamuses. The sire, known as "Billy," died in 

 October 1955, and efforts to replace him met with no success. It was 

 therefore with particular appreciation that the Zoo accepted the 

 offer of President William V. S. Tubman of Liberia to donate a male 

 pygmy hippo of breeding age. Senior Keeper Charles W. Thomas 

 was sent to Monrovia to accompany the animal on its journey to the 

 States. The formal presentation of the hippo, named "Totota" after 

 President Tubman's country estate, was made on February 5 by the 

 Liberian Charge d'Affaires Francis A. Dennis and accepted on behalf 

 of the Smithsonian Institution by Dr. Remington Kellogg. 



The arrival of an Indian rhinoceros in a zoo is always a very special 

 event. Since the death of "Gunda" in January 1959, after nearly 20 

 years here, the National Zoological Park had been without an example 

 of these great, armor-plated beasts. Early in 1959 the Forestry 

 Service of Assam wrote to say that they had captured a rliiiioceros 

 for the National Zoo and were presenting it with the understanding 

 that the Zoo would furnish transportation. Tlie animal was young 

 and barely weaned, and it was thought advisable to keep it in a 



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