Messrs. John Seago and 
D. Anthony Parkinson -~ 3- June 1, 1968 
to be zoo-born in the U. S. from some zoo East of the Missis- 
sippi. 
We have located a pair of zoo-born Eland for Paulo 
Nogueria~Neto which we will secure and transship to him in 
exchange for such things as Maned Wolves and Giant Otter. On 
the strength of your letter John Perry is writing Paulo re- 
garding your stock. Perhaps something will come of it. If 
we hear anything more we will keep you informed, 
I do not think it would be well for us to write Dr. Ander- 
soh uwiess he writes us first. He has not corresponded with us 
for a considerable period of time. | 
I am glad to hear that you are out of the mud and ready 
to go on the Bongo bit. Itis good to know that you are able to 
use Allan Root's bongo as a practice animal. Having seen the 
bongo in Antwerp and Cleveland, I will not be concerned once 
they are captured and acclimatized. I really don't think they 
are any more difficult than Okapi,and for my money, not nearly 
as tough as Gerenuk. Maybe because of my own broken heart, I 
misjudge the Gerenuk, however, I think they are the toughest 
critters I have ever seen. 
At the Pittsburgh Convention, Brian Hunt, brother of 
Don Hunt, was showing pictures of a bongo they had in their 
compound that apparently had been caught in West Africa and 
transshipped to their station in East Africa. I did not bother 
to tell him about our plans. So far as I know, he didn't tell 
anybody at the convention what his asking price was. 
Wednesday, I had a meeting with the National Geographic 
people relative to the Bongo project. I discussed the photo- 
grapher and we talked about Simon Trevor. I assume and hope 
they will check with Mr. Doyle as to his reputation, etc. y The 
people I met with did not know him. 
The picture editor was talking about perhaps sending 
one of their staff photographers down from North Africa or 
Europe, but there were no comments. I did mention that a good 
