Alligator Sighted in Rock Creek; NZP Catches

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Summary

A zoo watchman reports sighting an alligator in Rock Creek on July 14. "The Head Keeper, with several assistants, turned out promptly and after a rather lively chase through the water an alligator about 3 feet long was captured and transferred to the tank where others of his kind are kept."

Subject

  • National Zoological Park (U.S.)
  • Office of Protective Services

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

"Local Notes," 7/18/1916, p. 3

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

July, 1916

Topic

  • Animals
  • Zoos
  • Accessions
  • Alligators
  • Watchmen

Place

Rock Creek Park (Washington, D.C.)

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