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Foster mother for more than 60 animals over a 30-year period, Mable Southam holds latest baby, a 3 1/2-month-old Chinese leopard. Named Cheung Chiname(...)
Foster mother for more than 60 animals over a 30-year period, Mable Southam holds latest baby, a 3 1/2-month-old Chinese leopard. Named Cheung Chiname(...)

Foster mother for more than 60 animals over a 30-year period, Mable Southam holds latest baby, a 3 1/2-month-old Chinese leopard. Named Cheung Chiname(...)

Date1/26/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Foster mother for more than 60 animals over a 30-year period; Mable Southam holds latest baby; a 3 1/2-month-old Chinese leopard. Named Cheung Chiname means First Son--it was rejected by mother when born at Metro Zoo. Mrs. Southam doesn't get paid for nursing the animals. It's a labor of loye.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0116251F
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