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Five wolf cubs makes friendly pets to hold when they are only six weeks old like this Riverdale zoo quintet but by fall they'll be dangerous. June Buc(...)
Five wolf cubs makes friendly pets to hold when they are only six weeks old like this Riverdale zoo quintet but by fall they'll be dangerous. June Buc(...)

Five wolf cubs makes friendly pets to hold when they are only six weeks old like this Riverdale zoo quintet but by fall they'll be dangerous. June Buc(...)

Date5/4/1948
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  • Five wolf cubs makes friendly pets to hold when they are only six weeks old like this Riverdale zoo quintet but by fall they'll be dangerous. June Buckner and Barbara Morris view the potential killers from Merrickville; held by George Stewart of the zoo.
  • Five wolf cubs makes friendly pets to hold when they are only six weeks old like this Riverdale zoo quintet but by fall they'll be dangerous. June Buc(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Five wolf cubs makes friendly pets to hold when they are only six weeks old like this Riverdale zoo quintet but by fall they'll be dangerous. June Buckner and Barbara Morris view the potential killers from Merrickville; held by George Stewart of the zoo.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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      36 ounces of bear. Only four weeks old and weighing 18 ounces each, these bear cubs were presented to Riverdale zoo by Sudbury department of lands and(...)
      36 ounces of bear. Only four weeks old and weighing 18 ounces each, these bear cubs were presented to Riverdale zoo by Sudbury department of lands and(...)
      Feeny, Edwin
      3/4/1961
      Trio of new tigers in Toronto. Come any nearer and we'll get the old man, Riverdale Zoo's 12-week-old tiger cubs seem to be telling the photographer. (...)
      Trio of new tigers in Toronto. Come any nearer and we'll get the old man, Riverdale Zoo's 12-week-old tiger cubs seem to be telling the photographer. (...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      8/3/1966
      More stripes for new zoo. Five-week-old tiger cubs born at the new Metro zoo were let out of their cage for the first time yesterday and the mother, P(...)
      More stripes for new zoo. Five-week-old tiger cubs born at the new Metro zoo were let out of their cage for the first time yesterday and the mother, P(...)
      Barkley, Harold
      7/25/1974
      Who's to blame? Arctic wolf cubs stare at an intruder in Metro zoo's wolf compound
      Who's to blame? Arctic wolf cubs stare at an intruder in Metro zoo's wolf compound
      Loek, Dick
      11/17/1978
      Pretty girls, bear cubs - Joe Laflamme, Ontario's famous wolf hunter, takes them all in his stride since getting into movies in a short about the Canadian wilds
      Pretty girls, bear cubs - Joe Laflamme, Ontario's famous wolf hunter, takes them all in his stride since getting into movies in a short about the Canadian wilds
      LaFlamme, Joe, 1889-1965
      4/27/1945
      Camping is one of the things that stick in the minds of former Boy Scouts now that membership in the organization is declining. Some Wolf Cubs, second(...)
      Camping is one of the things that stick in the minds of former Boy Scouts now that membership in the organization is declining. Some Wolf Cubs, second(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      7/9/1975
      Readers, below, reject criticism of the Scouting movement and point out the benefits to the young people and the community. Above, Wolf Cubs, second-youngest group in Scouting, at camp in Aurora
      Readers, below, reject criticism of the Scouting movement and point out the benefits to the young people and the community. Above, Wolf Cubs, second-youngest group in Scouting, at camp in Aurora
      Beaty, Keith
      7/28/1975
      Disappearing act: Henry Skritek and his pet lion, photographed before Scarborough's new bylaw banning exotic pets from residential areas, appear to have been separated. Neighboring Centennial Dr. residents had complained about the lion and it hasn't been seen for at least the last two weeks even though Skritek vowed to fight the bylaw and keep the lion.
      Disappearing act: Henry Skritek and his pet lion, photographed before Scarborough's new bylaw banning exotic pets from residential areas, appear to have been separated. Neighboring Centennial Dr. residents had complained about the lion and it hasn't been seen for at least the last two weeks even though Skritek vowed to fight the bylaw and keep the lion.
      Griffin, Doug
      n.d.
      Lappin' leopard. Attendant Sam Heaney feeds a 13-day-old baby leopard born at Riverdale zoo. The cub is the only survivor of three. And, boy, is he a hungry one
      Lappin' leopard. Attendant Sam Heaney feeds a 13-day-old baby leopard born at Riverdale zoo. The cub is the only survivor of three. And, boy, is he a hungry one
      Dutton, Don
      6/5/1963
      Zoo goes too fur. So far in 1980, Metro Toronto Zoo has become the haven of nine orphaned bear cubs, seven blacks and two polars. Dr. Bill Rapley, the(...)
      Zoo goes too fur. So far in 1980, Metro Toronto Zoo has become the haven of nine orphaned bear cubs, seven blacks and two polars. Dr. Bill Rapley, the(...)
      Copper, David
      2/20/1980
      Hunting and fishing are allowed in season and game like moose, cariboo, mountain goat and bear are so tame they stand and look at humans. One recent visitor saw a grizzly with cubs rout a black bear
      Hunting and fishing are allowed in season and game like moose, cariboo, mountain goat and bear are so tame they stand and look at humans. One recent visitor saw a grizzly with cubs rout a black bear
      Taylor, Morris
      3/16/1940
      Looking after visiting pets, Lydia Chornewich, 18, works for the Metropolitan Toronto Zoo, in the pet park, run by the Ontario Humane Society, Reader wishes other places provided same service
      Looking after visiting pets, Lydia Chornewich, 18, works for the Metropolitan Toronto Zoo, in the pet park, run by the Ontario Humane Society, Reader wishes other places provided same service
      Darrell, Dick
      7/14/1975