Menagerie
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A menagerie is a collection of captive animals, frequently exotic, kept for display, or the place where such a collection is kept, a precursor to the modern zoo or zoological garden.
The Versailles menagerie during the reign of Louis XIV
The Tower of London housed England's royal menagerie for several centuries (Picture from the 15th century, British Library).
The Pavilion constructed by Jean-Nicolas Jadot de Ville-Issey in 1759 at the Habsburg menagerie, the contemporary Tiergarten Schönbrunn.
Robertson Royal Menagerie, 9 The Strand, London, c. 1820
Zoo
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A zoo is a facility where animals are kept within enclosures for exhibition and often bred for conservation purposes.
Menagerie
…menagerie is a collection of captive animals, frequently exotic, kept for display, or the place where such a collection is kept, a precursor to the modern zoo or zoological garden. The term was first used in 17th-century France, referring to the management of household or domestic stock. Later, it came to be…
A sea lion and a zookeeper at the Welsh Mountain Zoo
London Zoo in 1835