Reports of the Director, Pathologist, and Curator of Birds for the Animal Welfare and Husbandry Committee of the Zoological Society of London. Also, memorandums, zoo development plan, agendas and minutes, list of tranquilizers used in hospital, a syllabus for keepers' instructional course, and a preliminary list of proposed names of persons to be circularised in connection with morphological work to be carried out on rare animals at present in or likely to arrive at the prosectorium

Letter from the Deputy High Commissioner of Australia to Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a couple who would be capable of looking after the breeding of various kinds of rare birds on a property recently presented to the Zoological Board of Victoria

The Chillingham Cattle Fund was set up in 1932 to preserve the herd of rare cattle at Chillingham Park when it could no longer be supported by the Earl of Tankerville. It was superseded by the Chillingham Wild Cattle Association Limited

Paper by the Collections Policy Committee of the Zoological Society of London on the future policy on the acquisition of rare animals

Letter from S N A Drummond Hay regarding the shipping of animals by HM sloop 'Procuris', preliminary notice of proposed shipment of animals via Gibraltar, a few specimens that have been sent via a friend and agent in Gibraltar, thanks for the volume of Desmarish and confirmation that they will send to the Zoological Society of London every rare animal within their reach

Letter from Major-General Sir John Bennett Hearsey to David William Mitchell regarding pheasants and other rare birds for the Zoological Society of London

Letter from Horatio Herbert Kitchener to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding a rare wild cat at Dixon Bay for the Zoological Society of London

Memorandum concerning pathological and anatomical study of rare species with special reference to the Giant Panda, prepared for the Prosectorial Committee of the Zoological Society of London

Press releases from the Institute of Zoology regarding the world's first Przewalski Wild Horse born to a surrogate pony, breeding endangered species, a new veterinary hospital at Whipsnade, British wildlife to benefit from health research and a Zoological Society of London scientist winning an International Environment Award

Reports prepared for English Nature on the health of animals from endangered species in the United Kingdom. Includes results from animal release programmes, and post mortem reports