On Biblical Zoo's 30th Anniversary

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Charlie and Emma Darwin Proud Parents
of Israel's First Male Sabra Chimp

JERUSALEM—A male chimpan-
zee, believed to be the first born
in Israel since the days of King
Solomon, recently became the new-
est baby attraction in Jerusalem's
Biblical Zoological Gardens.
Reporting the event, Prof. Aharon
Shulov, professor of zoology at the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
and founder and director of the
Biblical Zoo, said the birth almost
coincided with the 30th anniver-
sary of the zoo, founded Sept. 17,
1940. Celebrations marking the
anniversary will be held at the
forthcoming Sukkoth holiday.
The zoo is in its fourth home in
Jerusalem, in the suburb of Ro-
mema. It was founded at the
Seligsberg Vocational School dose
to Zion Square, then moved to
Prophet Samuel Street near the
former Mandelbaum Gate and
subsequently to the Hebrew Uni-
versity's Mount Scopus campus
where it existed until 20 years ago.
Originally, that zoo had 100 ani-
mals, but there were only. 18 in a
convoy brought to West Jerusalem
by the United Nations when its con-
tinued existence on Mount Scopus
became impossible. Today, the 22-
acre zoo boasts 700 animals, all
mentioned in the Bible, including
ostrich, leopard, lion and bear.
The new chimpanzee, called
Dalet (fourth letter in the He-
brew alphabet), is the son of
12-year-old Emma, who came to
Israel from the United States
eight years ago, together with
her husky husband, 12-year-old
Charlie, the two named after
Charles Darwin and his wife.
For several years, the chimpan-
zees lived in happy, though child-
less matrimony in Jerusalem.

Charlie's second spouse, 9-year-old
Mrs. Jackie, also from the United
States, is the mother of a baby
girl named Olga.
Other milestones in the Biblical
Zoo include:
Orangutan Gamma, 6 years old
and born in the Far East, is be-
lieved to be pregnant and may

Dropsie U. to Award
Degree to Shazar Nov. 1

PHILADELPHIA — A special
presidential convocation will be
conducted in Israel Nov. 1 by
Dropsie University to award an
honorary doctor of laws to Presi-
dent Zalman Shazar.
Israel's chief executive will be
awarded the degree at his home in
Beit Hanassi, Jerusalem. The con-
vocation, which will be conducted
in full academic regalia, also will
mark the occasion of President
Shazar's 80th birthday, which has
been a year-long celebration in
Israel.
Leading Israeli officials and
noted scholars will attend, includ-
ing Premier Golds Meir and
Foreign Minister Abba Eban, both
of-whom are earlier recipients of
honorary degrees from Dropsie
University.
The academic citation will be
given by Dr. Abraham L Katsh,
president of Dropsie. The formal
presentation will be given by Mrs.
Myer Feinstein, a member of the
board of governors. The investi-
ture of the degree will be made
by Dr. Solomon Zeitlin, professor
of rabbinic history and law at
Dropsie and a life-time friend of
the Israeli president.

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Orangutan born in captivity in the
Middle East. Her husband is 3-
year-old Adam, a gift of the gov-
ernment of Singapore. The zoo has
one more Orangutan couple: 10-
year-old Jimmy, who is three times
as big as his wife Betty, 6, also
formerly of the Far East.
A 10,000 square foot lake, named
after the late Israeli statesman
Moshe Sharett, was recently
opened, but will only be officially
dedicated on Sukot. The rake has
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10 boats, and carp and other fish
have now been placed there, to he
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presumably the first in Asia, has
just started operating in a 2.5 acre
area in the northern part of the
zoo. There are two locomotives
and • three passenger wagons,
which at one time can accommo-
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dren. The track is some 1,000 feet;
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that the train may pass a dark
area where nocturnal animals will
be shown by means of special light
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the Biblical Zoo, which, along with
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