Kelly said the farm animals-a mare and colt, a cow and calf, a ewe and twin lambs, a sow and six piglets-were the hit of the first day, ranking with the three bear cubs, the seals and turtles. The mother pig lies on her side all the time.”ĭr. What do they eat?” On the farm animals: “Those pigs are little ones. The boys’ sisters, Linda, 10, and Martha, 7 1/2, voiced opinions on the bears: “They’re good. George’s brother, Michael, 5 1/2, voted for monkeys as the top exhibit. How Much: Tickets start at 56 for adults (ages 12+), and 46 for. George Saiz Jr., 3 1/2, of 7265 Jamacha Rd., interjected one-word descriptions of the exhibits which interested him most between handfuls of popcorn en route to his mouth: “Monkeys,” he said flatly in answer to the question, “Seals,” he added, “Pigs.” Closing time ranges from 5:00 7:00 p.m., depending on season. His sister, Ronda, 7, summed up her feelings about the zoo with a laconic “okay”-a compliment, however, which ranks near the top of straight-talking youngsters interviewed. “Say, this is pretty good,” said Robert Radford, 9, of 10445 Grand View Dr., La Mesa. The three years of planning, designing and construction paid off apparently, to judge from the comments of youngsters themselves. With the completion of a circular theater seating 200, scheduled next year, the zoo will have cost $200,000. Nobody got bitten and the children, as we ad hoped, were fascinated by the exhibit arrangements.” “The quail pair laid an egg, the first for the zoo. “Those three bears already know how to beg,” said Dr. Joan Kelly, zooperintendent in charge, surveyed the crowd from her glass wall office atop the refreshment center in the middle of the Children’s Zoo near the end of the first day and said, “everything went well.” The path between the main gates of the zoo past the reptile house to the newest little zoo in America was trod by 6,046 pairs of feet belonging to boys and girls - and their fathers, mothers, aunts, uncles and grandparents.ĭr. A look back at the San Diego Children’s Zoo over the years.
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