From
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.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_-KQx_t0fx7cquDp8RqRTNrcQDqvOSlogV2F-7-BzN2Xk2laKovIl9mWgFmsb7mEBG8huaIGRkx8ddG_-wh6fifX9vw-aAgArLWFRyXjFXD2-lF5207tCsrsBkyiLpIJckD90oxi4Wam/s200/zoo+hyena.jpg) |
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.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL96XnNjmsrdMDbmbHDXCwxbdSykahBffPgySuaOoE09p46uwQXQ7DF8wo9sEvmCaseMmRBqb0XP7Zujidd-Yf81YRh8-e47d8NzABdAZSMo6E6ZEqmReqAPQzeRH1S6TvleevmM9z9NJF/s200/zoo+lion.jpg) |
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.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8crBWhZOgS7vszPSGjbe3cjomn4G4FEGS2MTDvMepTuUsxstQ9-Zmf2qMLwHklTC3o0s2H4vKiWhJiYDV0wHHmzVV04sA1fstdlzhsFjDFgv3CG5NO9qQYkF6RIWl9VCCfG89XTV6r54I/s320/zoo+ibex.jpg) |
"Ibex, the wild goat of the Bible" |
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You can learn more about Rabbi Schornstein at
http://www.pukkelryggede.com/schornstein.html
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