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COPYRIGHT 2005 The Dallas Morning News
Byline: Robert Miller
Oct. 23--SOCIETY IS IMPROVING ZOO CREATURE COMFORTS: Oh, what a memoir Jenny could write, if she could write.
As the Dallas Zoological Society celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, Jenny has seen it all.
In May 1955, a collection of area business leaders created the society to help the city-owned Dallas Zoo. The aim was to provide a setting of maximum interest and maximum accessibility for the Dallas citizenry.
The founders wasted no time, leaping into a three-year campaign that resulted in the purchase of two hippos, two rhinos, one elephant and two gorillas, Jimmy and the aforementioned Jenny.
While Jimmy has departed the land of the living, Jenny is still making mental notes as she and the more than...
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