![]() ![]() Decimus Burton's giraffe house is still in use today. They weren't the only animals to arrive this way over the coming years - as the zoo expanded, many animals arrived from abroad at London's docks and were walked through the streets of the capital to Regent's Park, including elephants photographed walking past King's Cross station in 1927. The process of closing the Tower Menagerie began in 1826, and over the next nine years, 150 animals were relocated to the new zoo, many of them making the journey on foot. ![]() Queen Elizabeth II was Patron of ZSL from her coronation right up until her death in 2022.ġ835: London Zoo and the Tower Menagerie at the Tower of London overlapped, albeit briefly. Members of the public could only enter by written order of a fellow, and by paying one shilling.ġ829: King George IV grants ZSL London Zoo a Royal Charter, and it still holds a Royal Charter today. Charles Darwin was among regular visitors when he became a Fellow in 1837, taking particular interest in a chimp called Jenny. ![]() Photo: Chris Sampson via creative commonsġ828: ZSL London Zoo opens its doors in April as the world's first scientific zoo - but only to fellows of the Zoological Society of London, who could visit the animals for scientific research purposes. 'Founded AD 1826' is written above the main doorway. ZSL's office on the Outer Circle in Regent's Park. ![]()
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