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Chosen to run the new Metro Zoo, 43-year-old Philip Ogilvie, director of the Portland, Ore

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Chosen to run the new Metro Zoo, 43-year-old Philip Ogilvie, director of the Portland, Ore

Date7/17/1975

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Loek, Dick (photographer)

Ogilvie, Philip (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Chosen to run the new Metro Zoo, 43-year-old Philip Ogilvie, director of the Portland, Ore., zoo, suggests changes he would make. He was picked by a selection committee, the Zoological Society board will decide next week whether to appoint him director. Ogilvie wants people to be able to get closer to animals.

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0071540F

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