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Viewed animals as pets, a status symbol or personal entertainment.
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Large parks with walls to keep animals in, status symbol and entertainment for paying visitors or guests.
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Used for collections and fighting, creating entertainment and betting with status for winning owners.
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Kept by Henry I, often full of gifted animals from other countries.
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Elizabeth the first had many animals displays, a famous one being the Leopard display at the tower of London or her trained Zebras used to pull her carriage.
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Credited to the Versailles, the creation of the first Zoo was mostly for human entertainment as they had never seen exotic creatures before, sterile environments of concrete cages.
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London zoo was the first zoo created primarily for the scientific study of animals, learning diets, behaviours and differences.
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Dublin Zoo was the first zoo created primarily for medical study of animals, learning common illnesses, medical requirements and anatomy of exotic animals.
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First and only zoo within the capital New York, planned to be a scientific zoo
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Jersey Zoo was the first Zoo built primarily for conservation of endangered animals and education to the general public
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The BIAZA was formed, creating a breeding program for endangered animals to help conserve them.