BUENOS AIRES HERALD — Friday, April 28, 1939. 



Two buffaloes which were brought to the Palmero zoo yesterday, by 

 Doctor W. A. Mann, director of the National Zoological Park in 



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Buffalo Reaches 

 Palermo 



y MOKING inumerable ci- 

 garettes and with an an- 

 xious frown on his brow, Dr. 

 W. A. Mann, the director of 

 the National Zoological Park 

 at Washington, watched two 

 buffaloes released from large 

 wooden cases at the zoo at 

 Palermo yesterday. 



Dr. Mann arrived on the Uru- 

 guayan Wednesday night with 

 these two animals, in addition to 

 two Texas red wolves, two Amer- 

 ican eagles, two Emperor geese, 

 twelve prairie dogs, three poison- 

 ous lizards and a number of turtles. 

 Those which are not kept at the 

 Palmero zoo may be sent on to 

 La Plata. 



Dr. Mann, who is one of the best 

 known zoologists and scientists in 

 the United States, told a Herald 

 reporter why he was worried. "It 

 is William, the male buffalo," he 

 said. "Four or five days ago we 

 had some rough weather and Wil- 

 liam got himself into an awkward 

 position in the case. He was bleed- 

 ing, and I do not know how badly 

 he might be hurt." 



But the doctor need not have 

 worried. When the animal was re- 

 leased he bounded forward like the 

 18 months-old he is, and Doctor 

 Mann said: "I am pleased. There 

 does not appear to be much wrong 

 with William." 



First of all Francisco, the 18 

 months -old female buffalo was re- 

 leased. She was not half as keen 

 to get out of her case as William 

 and needed a sharp prod in the 

 rear quarters to make her reluct- 

 antly stroll into the cage and glare 

 at the onlookers. 



Read the label on her case con- 

 cerning the cleaning of the ani- 

 mal's hind quarters with a scraper: 

 "If kick, stop. Try again." 



Dr. Mann said that the weather 

 conditions during the trip had not 

 been too favourable for the trans- 

 port of animals. There had been 

 rough and hot weather. The ani- 

 mals had been well cared for by 

 the sailors, however. "Sailors are 

 always fond of animals," said 

 Doctor Mann. "The buffaloes each 

 ate six quarts of grain and as much 

 hay as they could consume every 

 day. They also drank three buc- 

 kets of water every day. The eagles 

 each had one pound of beef every 

 day and the wolves two pounds." 



Dr. Mann has seen nearly all 

 the big zoos in the world, but this 

 was his first visit to Buenos Aires. 

 He said that he was very impressed. 

 Apart from the fact that the zoo 

 had a number of unique specimens, 

 he was very pleased with the way 

 the zoo had been laid out, with the 

 animal houses and with the idea of 

 allowing some of the animals com- 

 plete freedom. 



Dr. Mann is to stay in Argentina 

 for a number of weeks and hopes 

 to collect a number of typical Ar- 

 gentine animals, reptiles and birds 

 to take back to the States with him. 



Of the specimens he has brought 

 to Argentina perhaps the most 

 unique are the Emperor geese, 

 which come from the frozen north 

 of America. The Washington zoo 

 is probably the only one in the 

 world to contain specimens of these 

 geese . 



Accompanying Dr. Mann are Mr. 

 William Shippen, of the reporting 

 staff of the "Washington Evening 

 Star" and Dr. J. H. Gray, former 

 professor of phe American Econo- 

 mic Association. 



