A grand tour of some of the outstanding European and American zoos with Anthony Smith

A zoo that's looking to the future
One hundred and twenty-five years ago, a zoo in a park on the outskirts of a Continental seaport began to exhibit - to an often incredulous public - strange beasts and creatures from foreign lands, including some from Belgium's African territories.
Today that same zoo is in the centre of Antwerp alongside the city's main square, dominated by the railway station, overshadowed by the loss of an Empire-yet Antwerp is becoming a modern zoo in an old place with an up-to-date Dolphinarium and a distinguished animal breeding record.
from the South and West
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