Riverbanks Zoo and Garden: Forty Wild Years

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Riverbanks Zoo and Garden Riverbanks Zoo and Garden Forty Wild Years Palmer “Satch” Krantz and Monique Blanchexe Jacobs Foreword by Jim Maddy The University of South Carolina Press Published with the Assistance of the Riverbanks Society © 2013 University of South Carolina Published by the University of South Carolina Press Columbia, South Carolina 29208 www.sc.edu/uscpress 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Krantz, Satch. Riverbanks Zoo and Garden : forty wild years / Satch Krantz and Monique Jacobs. pages cm Includes index. isbn 978-1-61117-310-9 (hardbound : alk. paper)—isbn 978-1-61117-311-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) isbn 978-1-61117-312-3 (ebook) 1. Riverbanks Zoo and Garden (Columbia, S.C.) 2. Zoos— South Carolina—Columbia. i. Jacobs, Monique. ii. Title. ql76.5.u62c65 2013 590.73757—dc23 2013013551 Front matter photographs: page ii: Two siamangs playfully interact with each other; photograph by Richard W. Rokes; page vi: grizzly bears frolicking; photograph by Ron Brasington This book is dedicated first and foremost to the citizens and elected officials of Richland and Lexington Counties for faithfully supporting Riverbanks Zoo and Garden for the past forty years. It is also dedicated to those who have served on the Riverbanks Park Commission since 1969 as well as the Riverbanks Society Board of Directors and its thousands of members and volunteers. Finally, and by no means last, this book is dedicated to the many incredibly talented people who have served over the years on staff at Riverbanks. Without them none of this would have been possible. ...