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Zoo News m em b er maga zin e 17 frOm THE ArcHIVES Think you know the zoo? Well we'll test you, here are three things you may not have known about your Melbourne Zoo. 1 2 IN 1949, it was decided that seals would join the collection at the Zoo on the proviso that they were not to be performing seals. 3 IN 1937, around 170 men were employed by the government to build a brick wall around the circumference of the Zoo. The wall is now heritage listed and a recognisable feature of Melbourne Zoo. mEmbErS gETTINg SOcIAL We love your photos and stories – keeping tagging the #zoomember so we can share your stories! ››› DID YOU KNOW? TWO GIANT PANDAS CAME TO MELBOURNE ZOO FOR A THREE MONTH VISIT IN 1988, ON LOAN FROM CHINA! OUr bOY ONgArd mOVES HOmE In May Ongard, the first male Asian Elephant calf ever born at Melbourne Zoo, took a chartered cargo aircraft to his new home at Zoo Miami. A full police escort accompanied Ongard to Melbourne Airport where he boarded the plane alongside Melbourne Zoo's Head Veterinarian Dr. Michael Lynch, Senior Keeper at Trail of the Elephants Steve Blanchard, as well as a veterinarian from San Diego Zoo and curator from Zoo Miami. Ongard has moved to America to join their breeding program where his genes will provide important diversity to the Asian Elephant species survival breeding network. Ongard's unique genetic inheritance from father Bong Su and mother Kulab qualifies him to become an extremely important breeding bull in North America. We can't wait to bring you more news of how he's settling into his new tropical home in our next edition of Zoo News.