The following events were reported concerning the animals and birds in the Zoo. For the period 1908 to 1912 the Superintendent's Reports were the main source of this information. For other dates the events are given as recorded in Parks Committee minutes.
Date of Report | Reason | Animals |
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September 1902 | Presentation | Small tame African monkey |
October 1902 | Presentation | Ostrich |
November 1903 | Presentation | Young gazelle from the Euphrates River |
January 1904 | Death | Gazelle recently presented |
March 1904 | Presentation | Racoon |
June 1904 | Presentation | Gazelle |
July 1904 | Presentation | Copincha [Argentinian mammal] |
February 1905 | Presentation | Monkey called "Jack", four years old from Singapore |
July 1905 | Presentations | Two crocodiles and a tortoise, a gazelle and a mountain sheep from Baluchistan. |
September 1905 | Presentations | Mongoose, two South American owls and an Australian owl |
July 1906 | Presentations | Armadillo and corpu from South America, and a "beautiful green parrot" |
July 1906 | Death | Armadillo |
September 1906 | Presentation | White Australian cockatoo |
January 1907 | Presentation | German stork |
January 1907 | Death | Harness antelope |
March 1907 | Presentations | Three owls, different species, the rarest unfortunately died; two beaver rats |
May 1907 | Presentations | Two rat-tailed monkeys, a ring-tailed coati |
October 1907 | Presentations | Two gazelles, a beaver rat, two lizards, "a young Amazon alligator" |
December 1907 | Deaths | Two lizards and injured gazelle |
March 1908 | Presentation | Cockatoo |
April 1908 | Death | Young gazelle |
June 1908 | Presentation | Hawk and two ravens |
September 1908 | Death | Mountain sheep |
January 1909 | Presentations | Fox and small East Indian monkey |
June 1909 | Presentations | Large macaw and West African monkey |
July 1909 | Presentation | Two pea hens |
October 1909 | Presentations | Young Russian eagle and three valuable geese |
February 1910 | Presentation | Four wild mature geese |
March 1910 | Presentation | Sulphur crested cockatoo |
June 1910 | Presentation | Raven and magpie |
July 1910 | Presentations | Two foxes and one jackal cub |
September 1910 | Presentation | South American hawk |
October 1910 | Presentations | Mongoose and umbrella crested cockatoo |
April 1911 | Presentations | A pair of badger and cygnet |
July 1911 | Presentation | Badger |
September 1911 | Presentation | Fresh water turtle |
October 1911 | Presentations | Pair of Indian ring neck parakeets, pair of quaker parakeets and two Japanese guinea pigs |
November 1911 | Presentation | Black guinea pig |
December 1911 | Presentations | Two foreign birds and 20 small foreign birds |
January 1912 | Presentations | Guinea pig and three doves |
March 1912 | Presentation | Parrot |
April 1912 | Presentations | South American opossum, hybrid pheasant, monkey and parrot |
June 1912 | Presentation | Lizard |
July 1912 | Presentation | Rabbits |
February 1913 | Presentation | Parrot |
March 1913 | Presentation | Two emus |
July 1913 | Presentations | Two nanny goats, five pheasants, some pea-fowl |
January 1914 | Presentation | Eagle owl |
March 1914 | Presentation | Guinea pig |
June 1914 | Presentations | Soldier monkey and macaw |
July 1914 | Presentations | Two crown storks from northern Nigeria and a monkey |
September 1914 | Presentations | British buzzard and Native heron |
January 1915 | Presentation | Male seal |
May 1915 | Presentation | Cockatoo |
July 1915 | Presentation | Monkey |
August 1915 | Presentation | Brazilian jacana |
November 1915 | Deaths | Golden pheasant & Austrian partridge, caused by escape of fox from its den |
December 1915 | Presentation | Red ljimere dancing monkey |
January 1916 | Presentation | Six pigeons |
February 1916 | Presentations | Cockatoo and spider monkey, which unfortunately died |
June 1916 | Presentation | Monkey |
September 1916 | Presentations | Cockatoo, monkey and two tortoises |
October 1916 | Presentations | Monkey and parrot |
November 1916 | Presentations | Monkey and marmoset |
January 1917 | Presentations | Female seal, peacock and golden pheasants |
February 1917 | Presentation | Monkey |
February 1917 | Death | Seal recently presented |
April 1917 | Presentation | Female seal |
May 1917 | Death | Seal recently presented |
September 1917 | Presentation | Parrot |
February 1918 | Presentations | Parrot and fox, but the fox since drowned through the recent flooding of Victoria Park |
June 1918 | Presentation | Racoon |
November 1919 | Presentation | Hawk |
April 1920 | Presentation | Owl |
June 1920 | Presentation | Monkey |
February 1921 | Presentation | Buzzard |
May 1921 | Presentation | Monkey |
June 1921 | Presentations | Squirrel and parrot |
September 1921 | Presentation | Polar bear cub |
November 1922 | Presentation | White guinea pig |
February 1923 | Presentation | Arabian monkey |
July 1923 | Presentation | Indian green parrot |
November 1923 | Presentation | Brown owl |
January 1924 | Presentation | Owl |
February 1924 | Presentation | Two hares |
April 1924 | Presentation | Large cockatoo |
July 1924 | Presentation | Cockatoo |
October 1924 | Presentations | Pair of swans and an owl |
June 1925 | Presentations | Gazelle and two parrots, one of which was grey |
July 1925 | Presentations | Scarlet macaw and small green parakeet |
September 1925 | Presentations | Two South American storks, a wallaby and a grey and white parrot |
April 1926 | Presentation | Monkey |
July 1926 | Presentation | Small Amazon parrot |
October 1926 | Presentation | Three silver Japanese bantams |
November 1926 | Presentation | Magpie |
December 1926 | Presentations | White Arctic owl and a seal, which had since died |
January 1927 | Presentations | Arctic owl and two muscovy ducks, one of which had since died |
May 1927 | Presentation | Fan-tailed pigeons |
July 1927 | Presentations | Tortoise and two badgers |
September 1927 | Presentation | Two silver pheasants and twelve pigeons |
October 1927 | Presentation | Tame fox |
November 1927 | Presentation | Embden gander and goose and a white call duck and drake |
December 1927 | Presentation | Rabbit |
January 1928 | Presentation | Pair of black rabbits |
April 1928 | Presentation | Parrot |
May 1928 | Presentations | Pair of parrots and a cock Chinese pheasant |
June 1928 | Presentations | Badger, three fox cubs, parakeet and four rabbits |
September 1928 | Presentations | Pair of silver pheasants, two Italian pigeons, three Dutch blue rabbits and a Greenland falcon |
October 1928 | Presentations | Pair of silver pheasants, two pairs of Italian pigeons and seven cygnets |
November 1928 | Presentations | Parrot, goat and owl |
November 1928 | Death | Seal recently presented [no seperate record of recent presentation] |
January 1929 | Presentation | Coati |
March 1929 | Presentation | Two birds - chimangos |
April 1929 | Presentation | Parakeet |
June 1929 | Presentation | Sulphur crested cockatoo |
July 1929 | Presentation | Badger |
September 1929 | Presentation | Rabbit |
January 1930 | Presentation | Owl |
February 1930 | Presentations | Buzzard and Peacock |
June 1930 | Thanked | Messrs. Neale & West for supplying fish for the seal |
March 1931 | Presentation | Cygnets |
July 1931 | Presentation | Sheathbill (Chionis Alba) |
November 1931 | Presentations | Tortoise, buzzard hawk and three turtles |
October 1933 | Presentation | Porcupine |
November 1933 | Presentation | Eight pigeons, 4 bantams, 1 golden pheasant and 2 guinea pigs |
September 1934 | Presentations | Badger, two mongooses, small gazelle and a monkey |
October 1935 | Presentations | Ringtail coati, parrot and a monkey |
December 1935 | Presentation | Chinese monkey |
April 1937 | Presentations | Drake, 6 ducks and 15 budgerigars |
February 1940 | Theft | A dozen budgerigars stolen |
January 1941 | Presentation | Twenty budgerigars |
March 1941 | Presentation | Twenty one budgerigars |