 After their successful membership drive, the Greater Kamloops Zoological Society's next task was to find a suitable site and soon entered into talks with Molson Breweries who owned an unused hops farm about east from what was then the boundary of Kamloops.Molson officials showed interest in the park proposal, but wanted several reports from the society to show the zoo's viability.The main concern of Molson Breweries was that the zoo's project would become an eyesore for lack of funds and would reflect poorly on their company.