Dublin Zoo
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Dublin Zoo, in Phoenix Park, is a zoo in Dublin, Ireland, and one of Dublin's most popular attractions. Established and designed in 1830 by Decimus Burton, it opened the following year. Today, it focu
Dublin Zoo entrance
Iron gateway marking the establishment of Dublin Zoo on 10 May 1830
Original zoo lodge, built in 1833.
Charlie Flood, son of Christopher Flood, two longtime Dublin Zoo employees, with a lion cub c. 1936
Leo the Lion (MGM)
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Leo the Lion is the mascot for the Hollywood film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; its former sister company MGM Resorts; and its predecessor Goldwyn Pictures, featured in the studio's production logo, whi
Dublin Zoo
…the zoo on 20 March 1919, and was one of many lions filmed by the Hollywood film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1928 to be used as their mascot Leo. Between 1989 and 1990, the financial situation at the zoo became so serious that the council considered closing it. The Government then gave it a…
Leo the MGM lion 1928
One of the lions used by Goldwyn Pictures, seen in Polly of the Circus (1917) and The Ace of Hearts (1921).
Numa (Bill), taken from Buffalo Bill's Last Fight
1928 poster promoting a traveling tour of Jackie