Saturday, April 18, 2015

On This Date in Minnesota History: April 18

April 18, 1963 – “Mr. Magoo, the mongoose [that is] a major attraction in the Duluth Zoo” received a full pardon on this date from Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall.

“The animal was donated to the zoo last November by a merchant seaman.

A 1909 law bars mongooses, and Fish and Wildlife Service officials said Mr. Magoo would have to be deported to India.

Udall said he had decided ‘that Mr. Magoo be granted nonpolitical asylum in the United States.’”

Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Mr. Magoo – Remember Him? – Wins Asylum”; April 19, 1963; p. 6

 Mongoose
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