GENERAL INFORMATION 
FEEDING TIMES 
LIONS AND TIGERS (Lion House), daily at 3-30 p.m. (except Fridays). 
LIONS AND TIGERS (Cubs’ Nursery), daily at 3-45 p.m. (except Fridays). 
BEARS, daily at 4-0 p.m. (except Fridays). 
THE CHIMPANZEES will take tea at 4-15 p.m. each day. 
SEA-LIONS at special times shown on Notice Board outside the Sea-Lion house. 
How to Feed the Animals Yourself 
APES and MONKEYS. —Fruit, vegetables, cake, biscuits and bread. 
BEARS.—Cake, biscuits and bread. 
ELEPHANTS and HIPPOS. —Vegetables, cake, biscuits and bread. 
ZEBRAS.—Fruit, vegetables, cake, biscuits and bread. 
RUMINANTS (Cattle, Bison, Deer and Antelopes). —Fruit, vegetables, cake, 
biscuits and bread. 
PARROTS. —Fruit, vegetables and biscuits. 
AND PLEASE 
DO NOT feed animals where notices expressly forbid it. 
DO NOT under any circumstances give tobacco or chewing gum to any animal. 
DO NOT throw food to lions, tigers, etc., or to sea-lions, penguins, etc. They will 
not eat it, and therefore it is wasted. 
DO NOT throw paper or other rubbish into pools and other enclosures. Animals 
sometimes eat it—with serious results. 
DO NOT give mirrors to monkeys, and DO NOT throw bottles into pools or enclosures. 
Animals have been seriously hurt in this way. 
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This way you’ll see ALL the Zoo 
Visitors arriving by the Main Entrance should turn sharp right into the Centenary 
Gardens and commence their tour of the Zoo at the Gibbon Cage, followed by the 
Monkey Mountain and the Coypu Enclosure. Now turn back, past the Coronation 
Ballroom and proceed towards the Palm Court Restaurant. This will bring you 
to the Parrot House, Aviary and Lion House. 
On leaving the top door of the Lion House, pass through the Indian Grotto to the 
Reptile House and Tropical Aquarium. Behind this building you will find the 
Bear Pits. 
Continue your walk around the back of the Firework Island and proceed towards the 
large building with the tower on the corner. This is the Elephant and Hippopotamus 
House. During the summer months, the Hippos will be found in the pool behind. 
Opposite is the Monkey House and to the right the Cubs’ Nursery and Playground. 
Passing the Cubs’ Nursery, you will find the Zebra Paddocks and the Giraffe and 
Camel House. On the outside of this building will be found cages for Birds-of-Prey 
and, at the end, a paddock for Giraffes. Facing this is the Rocky Mountain, usually 
occupied by various animals from the Paddock Mouse. Walk to the top of this enclosure 
and you will find the Reptilium facing the Bison Cages. Now enter the building 
nearby and you will find the Hall of Living Jewels which, in turn, leads to the Paddock 
House containing Antelopes, Deer, Cattle, Cheetahs, etc. 
At the far end, you will again reach the Giraffe Paddock. Pass this and turn left to reach 
the Dog Pens and Aviaries. Opposite these will be found the Island Pool for Fancy 
Ducks, while adjoining is the Peafowl Enclosure, which leads to the Sea-Lion Pool, 
and, finally, the Sea-Lion House. 
Visitors entering the Gardens by the Longsight Gate will find it convenient to reverse 
the above route. 
A general introduction and guide to 
The Great Zoo 
by GERALD T. ILES, 
Zoological Superintendent 
I T is with regret that I must once 
again begin a new edition of the 
Belle Vue Guide by saying that paper 
restrictions still prevent the inclusion 
of all the animals now living in the 
Gardens. Instead, I have followed 
the practice of previous years by 
selecting the more important animals 
for mention in the following pages. 
New arrivals in the Zoo are frequent 
and varied and, therefore, may not 
be included in this edition. The 
visitor’s attention is directed towards Photo by “ Manchester City News ” 
the series of Zoo Maps to be found GERALD ILES showing a tame Pouched Rat to a member of 
throughout the collection, which the audience at a recent Children’s Hour Broadcast 
clearly indicate the geographical 
distribution of each exhibit. In addition to the Zoo Maps, many of the cages and 
enclosures display descriptive cards giving special information about the inhabitants, 
information which, for one reason or another, cannot be included in this guide. 
Scientific nomenclature is not used in this guide, but each cage and enclosure is clearly 
labelled with both scientific and popular names. 
During the summer of 1952 it is hoped to establish a Zoo Shop adjacent to the Cubs’ 
Nursery, where visitors will find members of the Zoo Staff who will be only too pleased 
to answer questions about the Zoo in general, and where they may purchase food for 
the animals, picture post-cards, Zoo literature, animal models, etc. 
Before I begin the main section of this guide, there is one request I would like to make of 
each reader. PLEASE read the list of “ DO NOTS ” on the opposite page, and if you 
see any person disregarding these rules or teasing an animal in any way, the greatest 
service you can do for all the animals in the Zoo is to report the matter to the nearest 
keeper at once. __ ^ 
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Photo by c( Daily Dispatch ” 
YOUNG CHIMPANZEES 
“ RUDOLF ” & “ SYBILLE ” 
U NDER this heading come the anthropoid 
apes (gorillas, orang-utans, chimpanzees 
and gibbons); monkeys; baboons and the 
lemuroid animals (lemurs, pottos, galagos or 
bush babies, etc., etc.). 
ANTHROPOID APES.— At the time of 
writing neither the gorilla or orang-utan is 
represented in the Zoo, but we have high hopes 
of obtaining specimens of these great apes in 
the near future. 
CHIMPANZEES.— These apes are large and 
powerful, possessing enormous strength, and 
weighing up to 175 lbs. They are tail-less, have 
flesh-coloured skins and long black hair. 
Several distinct races are recognized, including 
the common (as exhibited here), the bald, and 
the black-faced, the latter less often seen in 
captivity. Chimpanzees are exceptionally 
intelligent (for animals) and are usually very 
tractable when young. On reaching maturity 
their disposition undergoes a change for the 
worse and they often become temperamental 
and sometimes dangerous. 
The two young chimpanzees shown in the 
accompanying photograph arrived at Easter, 
1952, and quickly became very popular. The 
Three 
