Lien-Ho translates as 'Union' and the Giant Panda was a symbol of unity between China and Great Britain. He came from the mountain slopes of Szechuan and had been presented to London Zoo by the government of Szechuan Province
Dame Jane Morris Goodall is an English primatologist and anthropologist. She is considered the world's foremost expert on Chimpanzees, after 60 years studying the social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees. She is the founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and the Roots & Shoots programme, and she has worked extensively on conservation and animal welfare issues
The London Country Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London throughout its existence from 1889 to 1965, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected. It covered the area today known as Inner London and was replaced by the Greater London Council. The LCC was the largest, most significant and most ambitious English municipal authority of its day
The Warsaw Zoological Garden is a scientific zoo located along the Vistula River in Warsaw, Poland. Although the current zoo was opened on 11th March 1928, its roots can be traced to 17th century private menageries, often open to the public. King John III Sobieski kept a court menagerie in Wilanow, and the 19th century saw several private zoos opened in the city