Friday, October 21, 2011

Unknown-Russian

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is Shango at Moscow zoo. He first surfaced in 1927 when purchased by a small startup zoo in Volgograd from a visiting German circus, and came to Moscow in 1940. He sired two viable calves born at the zoo in 1948 and 1952. At his death from age-related issues in 1955 he was estimated to be about 45-50 years old.

Leo.

Wade G. Burck said...

Leo,
Thank you for that information.

Wade