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'My enthusiasm for Metro Toronto Zoo has not faded, says former director Gunter Voss, in letter below
'My enthusiasm for Metro Toronto Zoo has not faded, says former director Gunter Voss, in letter below

'My enthusiasm for Metro Toronto Zoo has not faded, says former director Gunter Voss, in letter below

Date8/15/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: 'My enthusiasm for Metro Toronto Zoo has not faded; says former director Gunter Voss; in letter below.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0116223F
Visitors to Metro zoo, above, were disappointed by new early closing time, reader says in letter below
Visitors to Metro zoo, above, were disappointed by new early closing time, reader says in letter below
8/15/1974
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8/15/1974
Gunter Voss has some remarkable ideas for Metro's new zoo, which he will direct
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2/20/1980
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2/28/1991
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5/7/1980
Orphan finds a home. The Metro Zoo has welcomed a new resident - a 5- to 6-month-old female polar bear. Her mother was shot near Repulse Bay, Northwes(...)
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The $14 million train at the metro Zoo has trouble getting up a hill with a full load aboard, and there are predictions it will lose $1 million a year(...)
The $14 million train at the metro Zoo has trouble getting up a hill with a full load aboard, and there are predictions it will lose $1 million a year(...)
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