Zoos are not a 19th-century phenomenon. As far back as 3500 BC, the rulers of the Egyptian capital Hierakonpolis kept hippo, elephant and wildcats. By 1070, William the Conqueror was keeping lion at Woodstock Manor in Oxfordshire. London Zoo opened in 1828 under the auspices of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), a charity devoted [...]
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