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New Topeka Zoo director Clarke guides growth and snakes
The Topeka zoo welcomes new additions including two badgers and four six month old spider monkeys and rhinoceros iguanas. Dr Clarke, the new director, recalls a venomous diamondback bite in 1959 and outlines zoo funding, staffing, and plans for a 20 year master plan featuring an elephant habitat and tropical birds.
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India
Clarke
Willie
Wilma
Lawrence Street
Charles Ise
East 19Th Street
Topeka Zoo
Monkey Island
Puerto Rico
Gertrude
Midwest Research Institute
Kansas City
Big Red
California
Children’s Zoo
James Sterritt
Gary K. Clarke
Topeka Zoological Park
Jenkins
Mrs. Clarke
Janet
James
Joyce
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