Perth zoo, as it was. Not the modern zoo you see today. It was quite Victorian for some time, I even remember some of these cages and enclosures from when I was a kid in the late 70's. Glad it's changed, although I think they've kept a few of the old bits as old school examples and reused others in more suitable ways...
Let's start with the oldest
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Original zoo entrance, 1898 |
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Semi-trailer bus outside Perth Zoo, 1949 |
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The old monkey cage, which I believe is still there, no monkeys though |
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I can't remember if this castle held penguins or guinea pigs |
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Sadly, this is how Tricia the elephant was held for quite a number of decades, no longer thankfully |
![caves](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3389/3428290530_04fb3d1f26_z.jpg?zz=1) |
The final two photos were taken by me, the old Bear and I think (at one time) Wolf dens |
Unfortunately I don't have credits for the rest of the photos, I collected most from the web a while ago and even then they weren't from original sources. So please just consider credit where credit is due.
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