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Hairy suitor: Aussie, the hairy-nosed wombat, is on loan to Metro Toronto Zoo from Chicago's Brookfield Zoo - in hopes he'll find a mate. Come next June, he may be leading Sunday tours with the zoo's director-to-be, Peter Crowcroft, also from Australia.
Hairy suitor: Aussie, the hairy-nosed wombat, is on loan to Metro Toronto Zoo from Chicago's Brookfield Zoo - in hopes he'll find a mate. Come next June, he may be leading Sunday tours with the zoo's director-to-be, Peter Crowcroft, also from Australia.

Hairy suitor: Aussie, the hairy-nosed wombat, is on loan to Metro Toronto Zoo from Chicago's Brookfield Zoo - in hopes he'll find a mate. Come next June, he may be leading Sunday tours with the zoo's director-to-be, Peter Crowcroft, also from Australia.

Date8/4/1980
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It was a hairy time at Metro Zoo yesterday as the legendary monster of the western timberlines loped out of the widerness to cavort with youngsters. T(...)
It was a hairy time at Metro Zoo yesterday as the legendary monster of the western timberlines loped out of the widerness to cavort with youngsters. T(...)
3/19/1978
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
Aaaargh. It's the Curse of The Werewolf for victim Bonnie Campbell as she's attacked by a hairy suitor at the Young People's Theatre 165 Front St. E. (...)
Aaaargh. It's the Curse of The Werewolf for victim Bonnie Campbell as she's attacked by a hairy suitor at the Young People's Theatre 165 Front St. E. (...)
4/17/1979
Still interested: Metro Zoo director Peter Crowcroft doesn't have a lot of time to spend with residents like Mikisi the eagle, but God help me if I'm not interested in them.
Still interested: Metro Zoo director Peter Crowcroft doesn't have a lot of time to spend with residents like Mikisi the eagle, but God help me if I'm not interested in them.
8/28/1981
Yams taste nutty, bitter, Yams come in all shapes and sizes, but basically, most have an ugly, hairy coating
Yams taste nutty, bitter, Yams come in all shapes and sizes, but basically, most have an ugly, hairy coating
6/10/1977
Chummy Young Chimp, Baby chimp Cindy, a new attraction at Mississauga's Jungle Park Zoo, gets some kind attention from 9-year-old Keith Hatchard, son of one of the zoo's owners
Chummy Young Chimp, Baby chimp Cindy, a new attraction at Mississauga's Jungle Park Zoo, gets some kind attention from 9-year-old Keith Hatchard, son of one of the zoo's owners
7/7/1969
Posters from great zoos around the world, on display at the Toronto-Dominion centre as a part of Metro Toronto Zoo Week
Posters from great zoos around the world, on display at the Toronto-Dominion centre as a part of Metro Toronto Zoo Week
11/2/1970
Trio of new tigers in Toronto. Come any nearer and we'll get the old man, Riverdale Zoo's 12-week-old tiger cubs seem to be telling the photographer. (...)
Trio of new tigers in Toronto. Come any nearer and we'll get the old man, Riverdale Zoo's 12-week-old tiger cubs seem to be telling the photographer. (...)
8/3/1966
Surveying Toronto from the roof of the Park Plaza Hotel yesterday uring trip to promote his latest movie is new hairy Rock Hudson. In Pretty Maids All(...)
Surveying Toronto from the roof of the Park Plaza Hotel yesterday uring trip to promote his latest movie is new hairy Rock Hudson. In Pretty Maids All(...)
4/2/1971
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Zoos - Metro Toronto Zoo - Animals - Hippopotamus
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Zoos - Metro Toronto Zoo - Animals - Hippopotamus
6/4/1993
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Zoos - Metro Toronto Zoo - Animals - Hippopotamus
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Zoos - Metro Toronto Zoo - Animals - Hippopotamus
6/1/1981
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Zoos - Metro Toronto Zoo - Animals - L to Z
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Zoos - Metro Toronto Zoo - Animals - L to Z
5/18/1993