First or record · 09.06.1939
Jüri and Mari, the Keila-Joa bears, move to the new Kadriorg zoo
Keila-Joa karud Jüri ja Mari kolivad uude Kadrioru loomaaeda
On Friday 9 June 1939 two bears, Jüri and Mari, who had lived in a high plank enclosure in the park at Keila-Joa, were brought to Tallinn to be the first residents of a small zoo being laid out behind the Kadriorg stadium. The male, once brought from Lithuania, went quietly. The female, caught in an Estonian forest, took three hours to catch, had to be tied with ropes and even nipped her keeper, the 'bear mummy' she loved. Watching was the owner of the famous Hagenbeck zoo from Germany, who had brought four young polar bears for Kadriorg, to get a pool of their own.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Reedel, 9. juunil 1939 toodi Tallinna kaks karu, Jüri ja Mari, kes olid seni elanud Keila-Joa pargis kõrge plankaia taga; neist pidid saama Kadrioru staadioni taha rajatava väikese loomaaia esimesed elanikud. Omal ajal Leedust toodud isakaru andis end kergesti kätte, kuid Eesti metsast püütud emakaru püüti kolm tundi, ta tuli köitega kinni siduda ja ta hammustas koguni oma hoidjat, „karumammit“, kellega karud olid suured sõbrad. Pealt vaatas kuulsa Saksa Hagenbecki loomaaia omanik, kes oli toonud Kadriorgu neli noort jääkaru; neile ehitati sinna oma veebassein.