Barrackpore menagerie (Indian Natural History Project) in India


Barrackpore menagerie (Indian Natural History Project)
Typezoo
OwnerRichard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley
Founded1800
Address Barrackpore
Place Barrackpore subdivision, Kolkata
Region West Bengal
Country India
DirectorsFrancis Buchanan-Hamilton
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Description

Barrackpore menagerie (Indian Natural History Project), located at Barrackpore, in Barrackpore subdivision, Kolkata, India , was founded in 1800.


Comments / picturesFounded around 1800 by Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley and Governor General of India.

1810: Sir Stamford Raffles visited the menagerie in 1810, encountering his first tapir there, and doubtless used some aspects of the menagerie as an inspiration for the London Zoo

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Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2024). Barrackpore menagerie (Indian Natural History Project), Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=2620. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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