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When bird curator K.C. Lint returned to San Diego on the SS Sierra, there were 70 crates containing more than 400 animals of 60 species aboard, an extraordinary event that made newspaper headlines.

1958

Innovation 1957 - 1966

The San Diego Zoo’s ship comes in—bringing wonders from Down Under!

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