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Jack and his village sweetheart, Nives, were married and within a year were expecting a child. It was then that he decided to emigrate to Canada. Jack Zucchi arrived in Toronto with little money. The first thing he did was to buy a carpenter‘s rule and a lunch pail. Within days he was working as a carpenter. "I worked for him 72 days, then went into business with my brotherâ€"inâ€"law who "I was a farmer in Friuli, a village in the piedmonts of northern Italy," he relates, "and when I came to Canada in 1951 I had to leave all my animal friends behind. I was determined to have some here. Most of all, wanted to be sure my children would grow up with a practical knowledge of and a love for animals. You see, my exâ€" perience has taught me that having a regard for living things makes one tolerant and understanding of our fellowman." Jugoslay border was barely supporting Jack, his two brothers (another was killed fighting in Russia) four sisters and their parents. Jack and his village sweetheart, Nives, were fectious booming laugh, who obviously enjoys life to the full, 56â€"yearâ€"old Jack Zucchi (pronounced Zookey) says he has always loved animals of all kinds. Italian flags," says Jack. "‘The man who respects his native country also respects his new country." A big, miniature farm and a boccia court beside the duck pond. Above it soars a red, white and green windmill â€" ‘"‘incorporating the colors of both the Canadian and the This is Giacomo (Jack) ZuccHils zoo, remarkable incongruity of the Weston area, whose chance discovery by casual passersâ€" by evokes wonder and curiosity. Jack lives with his wife, Nives, 17â€"yearâ€"old twin sons Paolo and Johnny, and daughters Romana, 21, Flavia, 20, and Vera, 11, in a house he built in 1963 on Weston Road. He also built the house next door where his brotherâ€"inâ€"law and partner in a contracting business, Teo Celotti, lives. Two acres behind the homes provide a unique combination of zoological Chamois deer crop grass scant feet from the Woolco‘s parking lot. Children gaze through a fence at Canada geese swimming on a small pond and the chestnut coat of a thoroughbred gelding gleams in the sunlight as it canters around a miniature yards away the heavy traffic hums along Weston Road to the Sheppard Avenue stoplights. by Fred Bell A peacock screams struts Santa‘s reindeer live in Weston the here, ~Often parents bring their children when they go shopping at Woolco. School classes, too, sometimed "All of my animals and birds get along well together,‘‘ asserts Jack, ‘"and we never have trouble with sightseers. In fact, anyone is welcome to come In addition to his domesticated geese and ducks, the zoo welcomes flocks of Canada geese and wild ducks which use it as a handy stopover on their spring and fall flights. He has a permit from the Department of Northern Development and Indian Affairs allowing him to keep migratory birds. Road, ride on the nearby Humber River flats. In 1968 he added the bay gelding which Paolo and Johnny, who attend St. Basil College School on Weston now just a few. Later he acquired a peacock and peahen. He added Guinea fowl and later the three European Alpine deer. In 1964 Jack was able to realize his dream and began his tniniature farmâ€"cumâ€"2z00. He first bought chickens â€" at one time he had 1,000 â€" always busy.© followed me from Italy. We‘ve been running our own business now for 21 years." Today Jack‘s reputation as an honest, skilled and reliable worker keeps his Ducks and geese, some pea fowl and a wide assortment or other animals are also denizens of the Zucchi Zoo. Included are a family of bunnies :; contracting business would you Flame, also a member of the household, loves to cohort with his animal friends in the zoo. Here he and a young buck are entered in a game of tag. Waitingfor Santa to come and hook them up to his sleigh . . . ? This trio of European deer roam the fields behind a North York home in Weston. They are part of a private zoo that thrill hundreds of youngsters . '