Images Dated 24th April 1973

Mum's the word at dudley: The animal mothers at Dudley Zoo in Worcestershire know a

Mum's the word at dudley: The animal mothers at Dudley Zoo in Worcestershire know a thing or two about pleasing the human visitors. A record number of births have taken place in the period leading up to the Easter holiday so that almost every enclosure seems to boast a mother and baby. The zoo echoes with the patter of tiny paws of a lion cub, a polar bear cub and a collared peccary piglet. And happy events are eagerly awaited from a chimp, a giraffe and a bison. It's nothing to do with the stork - the zoo doesn't have one. Collared peccary mother and baby at Dudly Zoo. April 1973 P000664

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