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A new resident for the zoo. A rare Indian rhinoceros called Vinu but nicknamed Big Boy gets a pat on the snout from zoo-keeper Gerry Williams after ar(...)
A new resident for the zoo. A rare Indian rhinoceros called Vinu but nicknamed Big Boy gets a pat on the snout from zoo-keeper Gerry Williams after ar(...)

A new resident for the zoo. A rare Indian rhinoceros called Vinu but nicknamed Big Boy gets a pat on the snout from zoo-keeper Gerry Williams after ar(...)

Date6/28/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: A new resident for the zoo. A rare Indian rhinoceros called Vinu but nicknamed Big Boy gets a pat on the snout from zoo-keeper Gerry Williams after arriving in Toronto harbor by ship yesterday from Hamburg; Germany. 3;000-pound 5-year-old rhinoceros cost the Metro Zoo $35;000 and is expected to be extinct in the wild in 20 years; zoo officials say.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0116309F