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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 4 Aug 1971, p. 5

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TheCanadian Statcsman, J3owm nve, Augý, 4 iI EN E' VILLE Juday itheChi'mp Recenfl oreHmnIe ?zoo Andal ss)ures-5Young cand 0Id Alike WiII F i\n P!asure In Viewing and Feedingthe nias ?"eumaiysIte wa, berri jb ' t of m batsofAria andputjraincape wîththers sIe d - crate off und mn gomot, e meim Port- er in nert ofAmerîca. e The farý-Itsabaot tho tint Putri'ai zooe blover stoc speak, te the bîghe-st bidder. named uyaîio o~ h ei pirjch open the Her ~~ ftbug by the whims man villean wa sonin) th1edor andjonhm of a score or more zoo owners hands f eoeeernPtt Shortly after Judy anvcïýrri1 looking over the group, 'but Ellioit ardPbWITi g h fînally f el to one - Keith shareci their apatethove another animal guesFtcae t Connell. the Creaim of BarIpe Drive- stay for a protracted visîtin - TheBowanvll zo 1 wn-in restaulrant andi cl becaýime the apartment. Il wsnone er had boon determined froin Peter's spcia carg ther hnteaceteen thestat n, hooe he ernleaccepted the faCt that whàIle of monkeys-a black leopard. thescrttochos te emleinside she band town dia- Ai ýoghMgnus was only specimen wlth the best per- tog M sonality and appearance, He pers, andi leanes)pi quickly bewý, three menths old at'the time was sure ho got, whal; he she should ly hn they there was sufficent instinc- wanted, mainly because, he needledcagng -sxor tive feeling betweenthe two had one of North Auîcrica's seven timpne a day.She pwould animais to make life uncomn- top chimaipnzee trainera, Mrs. alwaysý let Peter know when 'iortable for Judy. Shs- weuld George Gray, belp hima make she wýas reaýdy - and heaven spend part of ber tV,, ie ev;.- the selection, help if hop forgot the ýbaby îng ingenious ways te hait In pprciaîo, M. Cn-POwder1 Though sIte had a her enemy - only te endi up oeil named the plump year- crib of bert own there wero rigfrhl ihtelo old chimp after Judy. the timos she would become lone- pard in bot pusuit alter ber. chlmp that Mrs. Gray had-IlY- and would crawl ovcr By the end of four months trained for the Daktari TV.the bars, slip down, and climb she was fitting in weIi te bher series.under the covers next te new if e-se wel In fact that EarlIy in 1970 te newly Peter, she was movesi out of thie In the met nings she wouid apartment andi lnto a cage in Msit al, the table, andi, just as the zoo. entrance building, b ler keepers, est a heartv oer oipanions now were ai f ggtostans ta.four exuberant gibbons, a waseve quck o tkecouple of supercîllous ma- Shewaseve quck o tkecaws andi cocky cockatoo, plrac e flunh ni ilsometimes an inert iguana. as whl.and generaily, a myna bird Batblng was simply soived. pessessing the finest reper- M Whonover Peter hasi a sbower teire of words and expres- sions Bullt n e(lepai d it waa And go il la feday. blFs. 1 I the afternoons of the developsi a ondon for ummer mnhwitb the Puris oneycooie. hechores over, sbe i,,put loto wss laihs x hiui ia exhibitlin ýcgeIn the zoo seaso, refri hebitr copouýnd, and there shares and sour kinisShe llotiwt heohr800 animais whatover hupv ïupy 13dîfrnikns the on- caramel crnpepl av br lagt F ans infinite and devou ired itith gîeep, cuiosity. I ront without Each mrin ing she wIl ou ld c itsroward n a gesiday ]ot out o f be,i ,he 1fa1tso ncraelcorn ed te ollwP i n o~runtil almos bursing. on theirlr, ds f 'chores, Peter t-reers te tbe periosi She ~ ~ ~ V oudawy nns as Jd' "prsSession". "heip out",bu codnvr She baps a football axid a set resist the( epatoc of swnsin the enclosure chaiogth geseans dcksCIand makîes aî balf'-'earted at- gotin jtesom ehe ms-tempt at, exe rcising. Thon chef Ivaialy it wouldî end s;he naps and, waitsý for even-, uip whJudy being worsted ing. by', qan enr.agesi goose, and the boys droppin w bat they were When the crowds bave doing and.going te ber roscue. gene the keepers lot ber eut, Before starting the rounds maybe invite ber up te bar Peter would give Judy a pack nid home, the spartment, fer lunci and she would carry it la late-night snacký and beer arounsi the yard in a brown, (whîeh tee dearly loves), andi itrapper tucked under ber return her te the entrance arm., When the hunger pangs building wbere shee l given struck she would stop and a g9unny sack and put Into a pull out an orange or an ap- cage for the inight. pie te MLuneh1 on. . o the pas t year-and-a-half, Judy bas undergone a steady Ajustment te ber strange, new, and varied i f e. She bas aýppearesi on, televisien shows -CFTO's "Uncep B ohb y Show" and CHEX's Tbursday afternoon cable pro(gram. She as~ donc modelling and pro- motional work. She bas star- r ed in a mevie-a Tarzan film, ef course, -sbet recently in Picton. Throughout she bas hived up te Mr. Connell's earlier ex- ... ... ... ...- pectationsof ber - a warm, -amiable chimp with a loveable disýposition. There Is no deubt bis choice was a god one. "If EY THAT'S WHERE I1 LIVEY 4'W£ CAN'T GO ON MEETING LIKE THIS:' CI15 GT 111E TASTE YOU HATIE TIC A DAYi." "DON'T WORRY, I'LL TAKE CARE 0F YOU." LAWRENCE 0OP .WHO!' "YOU M X QNDERWUY1IHAVE CALiL,ýe> I 1E1NG 77i,

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