Peel, a big-game hunter and naturalist, visited the principal zoological gardens of Europe and records their history, buildings and collections. He describes monkey houses, deer and buffalo paddocks, hyenas, bears and rare birds, noting which gardens kept their animals well and which badly, at a moment when the modern zoo was taking shape.
A unique snapshot of Europe’s zoos at the turn of the century, for historians of natural history. Download the free EPUB.