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The Buffalo suburb of Tonawanda was home to the Tiebor family of sea lion trainers. The late Clayton Freiheit, then Curator of the Zoo, told me that Roland Tiebor presented his act at the Zoo on a few occasions.
R. Marlin Perkins left the St. Louis Zoo to become Director of the Buffalo Zoo in 1937. When I visited the Zoo in 1970 I saw several exhibits that had STL influences. For example, the glass-fronted bird exhibits had small wire mesh panels on each side so visitors could hear the birds.
Jim,
I am saddened to learn that Clayton had died. He used to come to the show in Denver each year we were there as my guest. I enjoyed him and his insight very much. Buffalo has had some of the best in the field pass through it's gates, including my friend Cary Clarke, former director of the beautiful Topeka Zoo.
And you are right, in that you can see influences of each director
and his philosophies in many of the older zoos in America. The nicer, more uniform ones, not a mishmash, tended to have a long tenured Director.
Wade
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