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In 1967, the San Diego Zoo became part of
Upon determining that the kiwi the Zoo received as a gift from New Zealand in 1954 was actually a male (and the name subsequently changed from Belle to Benjamin), it was quite some time before the Zoo was able to find him a mate. But in 1967, San Diego Zoo designer Chuck Faust went to New Zealand to help the Wellington Zoo with some enclosure designs, and in return, they arranged for a female kiwi to come to San Diego aboard Air New Zealand, under the care of the Air New Zealand hostesses, as a gift from the Wellington Zoo, the Wellington City Council, and the Government Wildlife Division of New Zealand. The new bird was named Nancy—after Chuck Faust's wife—and Benjamin and Nancy were the only pair of kiwis in the U.S.

1967

New Era 1967 - 1976
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