So what happened to this tower and a zoo? How many animals were there? Did they really live here in a faithful form?
What kind of secret curtain is behind the London Tower?
In fact, the zoo in London hundreds of years ago was not a zoo.
A animal in the London Tower was a field of life. In this famous building, a wide variety of exotic animals were kept for a while for more than 600 years. They were exhibited to different individuals, exposed to various experiments, and even investigations were conducted on them.
Royal Zoo, King John and III in the 13th century. He witnessed Henry’s reigns. Many years ago, foreign rulers offered exotic animals to the British kings.
In the middle of these animals; There was even lynx, camels, leopards, lions and even a hedgehog. In addition, these animals had various symbolic meanings.
Later, the ruler of Norway IV. Haakon sent a polar bear to the King of England as a gift.
Again in 1255, the French ruler IX. Louis, a elephant caught during the Crusades, also delivered to the ruler of England. On the other hand, all these animals had to be maintained and fed. As the number of animals increased, costs increased.
In fact, Henry even applied to the London people to receive taxes from the people of London to cover the expenses of these animals. Moreover, information about how animals should be fed at that time was limited.
Meat was given to eat a net, and about 3.5 liters of wine was given to drink every day. Of course, this elephant died quickly because of this nutrition.
In addition, the aim of the royal zoo was very closely related to the individual reputation of the ruler.
It was not just an indicator of reverence to serve such animals. It was a sign of difficult and wealth to exhibit. For this reason, the nobles and notables who came to visit, were allowed to visit the zoo.
Later, in 1822, a professional zoologist was appointed as a guard for the London Tower. His knowledge of the care of animals and animals caused more animals to be accepted here.
In 1828, the London Zoology Association has finally opened a zoo that still existed today in Regent’s Park, and most of the animals moved to this zoo. Some were sold to mobile circuses. The Royal Zoo in the London Tower was closed in 1835.
