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A zoo is a facility where animals are kept within enclosures for exhibition and often bred for conservation purposes.
A sea lion and a zookeeper at the Welsh Mountain Zoo
London Zoo in 1835
A 15th century image of the Tower of London, which housed England's royal menagerie for several centuries
The Versailles menagerie during the reign of Louis XIV in the 17th century
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.
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…Zoo, which was opened in 1828, was initially known as the "Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society of London", and it described itself as a menagerie or "zoological forest". The abbreviation "zoo" first appeared in print in the United Kingdom around 1847, when it was used for the Clifton Zoo, but it…
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