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Correspondence with David Attenborough regarding the diet of Giant Pangolins, a Zoo Quest trip to Paraguay and a request for supplies, a collection of birds, Gerald Durrell's hopes to set up a zoo in Jersey, and two bottle-nosed Dolphins that were caught in the Adriatic and taken to Plymouth by the BBC Natural History Unit

Letter to G Iles of Belle Vue Zoo in Manchester regarding J Seago leaving for East Africa to collect live animals

Correspondence regarding the importation of wild animals and birds from Abyssinia including Gelada Baboons and Royal Starlings

Correspondence regarding the transportation of a Guiana Cylinder Snake and a Hosewhip Snake from Plantation Diamond

Letter from Mr Delaunay regarding a shipment of Wallabies

Correspondence with Elizabeth Evans regarding the offer of her Cockatoo to London Zoo

Correspondence with F Kimber & Sons, importers of animals and birds from all parts of the world, regarding surplus stock at the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence with Carl Hagenbeck regarding the transport of animals on loan between Tierpark in Hamburgh-Stellingen and London Zoo

Letters from D F Kerr of Trinidad Leaseholds Ltd offering to collection animals from Trinidad for London Zoo

Correspondence with Khan Wild Animal Farm regarding the supply of animals, such as two Royal Bengal Tiger Cubs which were sent to Dudley Zoological Society