Kollek helped the zoo raise money to build the elephant enclosure and to bring in elephants from Thailand at $50,000 apiece; the zoo named two of the elephants Teddy and Tamar in honor of the mayor and his wife.
Kollek helped the zoo raise money to build the elephant enclosure and to bring in female elephants from Thailand at $50,000 apiece. The zoo named its male elephant Teddy and one of its female elephants Tamar in honor of the mayor and his wife.