From The Times, August 7, 1920The tame young gorilla, “John”, which was exhibited in the Zoological Gardens last summer, has resumed its visits and will be on view in the large outer cage of the lion house, nearest the South Gate, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays when the weather is fine. It is a young male, the property of a flying officer, and is in the charge of Mme Alyse, of Sloane Street. Its owners have treated it as much as possible like a human child, and it is a testimony to their care that it has remained in good health for two winters. Gorillas are delicate animals in this country, and very few of the importations have lived more than a month or

Source: The Times August 06, 2020 23:03 UTC