“The two are now constant pals. The little elephant has gained 370 pounds since she arrived a year ago. She now is a neat 910 pounds and cute as a button, as elephants go. The biggest event at the zoo in many years is scheduled for late this month. Ralph Graham, assistant to the director, is on his way home with a pair of breeding Indian rhinos. Bean says they will be the most valuable pair of animals in any zoo in the world,” wow. “They will sell for about 8,000 a piece if you could buy any. But the good old polar bears, which retail for a measly 1,000, will continue to draw the big crowds at Brookfield.
