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With a mighty leap, one of 18 bison being rounded up at Metro Zoo yesterday for move to Monitoba soars past keeper trying to move animals to smaller p(...)
With a mighty leap, one of 18 bison being rounded up at Metro Zoo yesterday for move to Monitoba soars past keeper trying to move animals to smaller p(...)

With a mighty leap, one of 18 bison being rounded up at Metro Zoo yesterday for move to Monitoba soars past keeper trying to move animals to smaller p(...)

Date2/28/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: With a mighty leap, one of 18 bison being rounded up at Metro Zoo yesterday for move to Monitoba soars past keeper trying to move animals to smaller pen. Veterinarian Kay Mehren, left, gives tethered bison transquillizer shot.
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With a mighty leap, one of 19 bison being rounded up at Metro Zoo yesterday for move to Manitoba soars past keeper trying to move animals to smaller p(...)
With a mighty leap, one of 19 bison being rounded up at Metro Zoo yesterday for move to Manitoba soars past keeper trying to move animals to smaller p(...)
2/28/1985
Roundup time at Metro Zoo. Two of the 18 wood bison at the Metro Zoo, chosen for the move to an Indian reserve in Manitoba, were reluctant to enter lo(...)
Roundup time at Metro Zoo. Two of the 18 wood bison at the Metro Zoo, chosen for the move to an Indian reserve in Manitoba, were reluctant to enter lo(...)
3/11/1985
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Zoos - Metro Toronto Zoo - Animals - Bison
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Zoos - Metro Toronto Zoo - Animals - Bison
3/11/1985
Home on the range -- soon. Canadian Animal Domain at Metro Zoo is scheduled to open July 1 and will include this herd of 30 bison. They're being kept (...)
Home on the range -- soon. Canadian Animal Domain at Metro Zoo is scheduled to open July 1 and will include this herd of 30 bison. They're being kept (...)
5/12/1976
New home for Hedgehog: Kim Dormaar, assistant director of new Metro zoo, holds a hedgehog from Asia, one of 5,000 animals, birds, reptiles and fish which will live in the 700-acre zoo. In order to raise funds for the new zoo, Metro's six mayors and thousands of zoo supporters are today walking 15 miles in hopes of raising $500,000 towards $6 million zoo fund objective. The zoo, being built in northeastern corner of Scarborough, will open next summer.
New home for Hedgehog: Kim Dormaar, assistant director of new Metro zoo, holds a hedgehog from Asia, one of 5,000 animals, birds, reptiles and fish which will live in the 700-acre zoo. In order to raise funds for the new zoo, Metro's six mayors and thousands of zoo supporters are today walking 15 miles in hopes of raising $500,000 towards $6 million zoo fund objective. The zoo, being built in northeastern corner of Scarborough, will open next summer.
5/31/1973
Mrs. Gerald soars, left, Mrs. Bryan Bonthron make sure their youngsters enjoy sun. Mrs. Soars lives in one of development's maisonettes. Bonthrons hav(...)
Mrs. Gerald soars, left, Mrs. Bryan Bonthron make sure their youngsters enjoy sun. Mrs. Soars lives in one of development's maisonettes. Bonthrons hav(...)
7/9/1965
Keeper Wayne Jackson has given up after two years trying to teach the Metro zoo's Indian rhinos, Vinu, above, and Indira, that using their pool as a w(...)
Keeper Wayne Jackson has given up after two years trying to teach the Metro zoo's Indian rhinos, Vinu, above, and Indira, that using their pool as a w(...)
10/21/1986
Our zoo one of best. With 3,500 animals of 400 species grouped together in their habitats, the Metro Zoo is one of the world's finest, says Bruce Kirk(...)
Our zoo one of best. With 3,500 animals of 400 species grouped together in their habitats, the Metro Zoo is one of the world's finest, says Bruce Kirk(...)
1/2/1978
President of firm that rents and sells bulk vending machines, Al La Porter says move by government to mint new, light and smaller one-cent coins could cost his company as much as $100,000
President of firm that rents and sells bulk vending machines, Al La Porter says move by government to mint new, light and smaller one-cent coins could cost his company as much as $100,000
8/18/1977
Up and over: American Dan O'Brien soars over the pole vault bar on his way to winning the heptathlon competition
Up and over: American Dan O'Brien soars over the pole vault bar on his way to winning the heptathlon competition
3/10/1993
Up . . . and over. Ian Millar, on B oses his cap as he soars over a jump in the final tests for the ian Olympic Equestrian team at Varsity Stadium yes(...)
Up . . . and over. Ian Millar, on B oses his cap as he soars over a jump in the final tests for the ian Olympic Equestrian team at Varsity Stadium yes(...)
7/15/1972
Lower left, one of the 3.7 ack-acks manned by its crew, while a giant Stranraer coastal patrol plane soars overhead
Lower left, one of the 3.7 ack-acks manned by its crew, while a giant Stranraer coastal patrol plane soars overhead
6/1/1941