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www.israeldailypicture.com/2012/12/the-first-zoo-in-holy-land-tel-avivs.html
Posted: 22 Dec 2012 11:03 AM PST
Rabbi Mordechai Schornstein served as a
rabbi in Copenhagen, Denmark, and moved to Palestine in 1935. On his
way to the Holy Land he stopped in Italy and purchased birds and small
mammals to start a pet store in Tel Aviv.
His collection grew, and in 1938 he opened
a zoo in a residential area of Tel Aviv. With the arrivals of lions,
tigers and elephants the zoo was forced to moved and re-housed at a
location not far from Tel Aviv's City Hall.
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| Hyena played with zookeeper |
Urban growth, however, meant that Tel
Avivians did not want a zoo in their midst. Public awareness of animal
care and zoo overcrowding forced another move in 1980, this time to a
large Ramat Gan park nearby. The 250-acre "Ramat Gan Safari" now
contains some 1,600 animals.
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| Lion in the Tel Aviv zoo |
The Library of Congress-American Colony
Photographic Department captions lists the pictures as taken between
1936 and 1939. The zoo's timeline, however, suggests that 1939 was a
more likely date.
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| "Ibex, the wild goat of the Bible" |
You can learn more about Rabbi Schornstein at
http://www.pukkelryggede.com/schornstein.html
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