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The Orgeon Zoo, originally the Portland Zoo and later the Washington Park Zoo, is a zoo located in Washington Park, Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest zoo west of the Mississippi River. It is owned by the regional Metro government. It all began with two bears purchased by Richard Knight - one brown bear and one grizzly. A former seaman turned pharmacist, Knight began collecting animals from his seafaring friends. He kept his collection in the back of his drug store on Third & Morrison streets. When caring for the animals became too large a responsibility he sought to sell them to the city of Portland. Instead of buying the animals, the city offered to give Knight two circus cages and allowed him to place the caged bears on the grounds of City Park (now called Washington Park)

Prague Zoological Garden is a zoo in Prague, Czech Republic. It was opened in 1931 with the goal to "advance the study of zoology, protect wildlife, and educate the public" in the district of Troja in the north of Prague. The zoo has contributed significantly to saving Przewalski's horse; for many years in the leading breeder of the subspecies.

The idea for a zoological garden in Prague was first proposed in 1881 in a newspaper article by Count Sweets-Spork, on the occasion of the marriage of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and Princess Stéphanie of Belgium. In 1919, at a meeting of the advisory board for mathematics and natural sciences at the Ministry of Education and National Enlightenment, a committee was established to start the preparatory work on the establishment of the zoo. The zoo was opened to the public on 28th September 1931 by the founding director Jiří Janda

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Reginald Elson Rewell was a consultant pathologist based in Liverpool. 'Rex', the son of a schoolmaster, was born in Thornton Heath in Surrey. He received his early schooling from his father and was then educated at Whitgift. He went on to London University and Guy's Hospital, graduating in 1941. After house jobs in Southampton, and under the influence and guidance of George Payling Wright, he became a trainee in pathology at Guy's Hospital. He obtained the MRCP in 1942 and his MD in 1943 with the aim of being graded a specialist in pathology when called up. However he was rejected for military service because of his poor eyesight and continued to work in the Guy's Hospital Sector, then based at Farnborough.

In 1945 he was appointed pathologist/parasitologist to the Zoological Society of London. Later he became an examiner in pathology for the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and was elected a scientific fellow of the Zoological Society. Although he loved his work at London Zoo, and published some thirty papers, mostly on comparative anatomy and veterinary pathology, the post paid only a modest honorarium and he sought an appointment in the newly established National Health Service.

In 1950 he was appointed consultant pathologist to the United Liverpool Hospitals and given charge of the laboratories at Liverpool Maternity Hospital, the Women's Hospital and Liverpool Children's Hospital. He was also a lecturer in clinical pathology at the University of Liverpool.

In 1956 he was made a visiting professor of pathology at the National Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Madras under the Colombo plan.

Diergaarde Blijdorp, officially Rotterdam Zoo, is a zoo located in the northwestern part of Rotterdam. It is one of the oldest zoos in the Netherlands and has been operated by the Stichting Koninklijke Rotterdamse Diergaarde (Royal Rotterdam Zoo Foundations). In 1855, a garden was set up for pheasants and waterfowl in the centre of Rotterdam, near the Kruiskade. It was a success and on May 18th 1857, the Rotterdamsche Diergaarde was opened as a sequel. The first director was the animal trainer Henri Martin. The same year the Vereniging Rotterdamsche Diergaarde was founded. In 1932 it was decided to reorganise the zoo. In 1937 it was decided to move the zoo to a new location