World of Tomorrow
Their zookeeper, Charley Smith, arrived to meet the ship too, and was thrilled to find his charges had survived their eventful trip.
Soon the trio set out cross-country on the back of a truck, headed for their home at the San Diego zoo. Their ten day journey was documented by newspapers across the country and featured photos of the giraffe pair in their oddly-shaped crates. It would also be written about by Zoo director, Belle Benchley, the first and for most of her long career, the only female zoo director, in her monthly ZOONOOZ newsletter.
The pair were timid and cautious leaving their crates when they finally reached their new home, but eventually settled in their large open ‘cageless’ e
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