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  • Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell (ZSL Secretary 1903-1935) was inspired by a visit to the Bronx Zoological Park to create a park in Britain as a conservation centre. Hall Farm, a derelict farm on the Dunstable Downs, 30 miles (48 km) to the north of London was purchased by the Zoological Society of London in 1926 for £13,480 12s 10d, The site was fenced, roads built and trees planted. The first animals arrived at the park in 1928, including two Lady Amherst's pheasants, a golden pheasant and five red junglefowl. Others soon followed, including muntjac, llama, wombats and skunks. Whipsnade Park Zoo opened on Sunday 23 May 1931. It was the first open zoo in Europe to be easily accessible to the visiting public. The collection of animals was boosted in 1932 by the purchase of a collection from a defunct travelling menagerie and some of the larger animals walked to the zoo from Dunstable station. During the Second World War, the zoo acted as a refuge for animals evacuated from London Zoo. During 1940, 41 bombs fell on the park with little damage to the zoo structure. Some of the ponds in the park are the remains of bomb craters from this period.

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          Eggler, John
          SUP/5/1/2/88 · Dossier · 1946
          Fait partie de Superintendents

          Correspondence with Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding John Eggler's resignation from Whipsnade Zoo
          Duke of Bedford
          SUP/5/1/3/18 · Dossier · 1947
          Fait partie de Superintendents

          Correspondence between the Duke of Bedford and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding getting European Bison from Poland, the Curator of the New York Zoological Society sending White-tailed deer to the Zoological Society of London, an offer of Chartley Cattle and Soay Sheep by the Duke of Bedford, a specimen of the under-coat of the Pere David's deer, the early history of Pere David's deer, an Indian Rhino being brought from Calcutta by ZSL Overseer L M Flewin, Wisent bulls in Stockholm, the rearing of Pere David's deer at Whipsnade, an exchange of Parakeets, and the importation of Pere David's deer to Australia,
          Drake, Sir Garrard Tyrwhitt
          SEC/11/1/20 · Pièce · 1943
          Fait partie de ZSL Secretaries

          Letter from Sir Garrard Tyrwhitt Drake to Sheffield Airey Neave about Geoffrey Marr Vevers returning to the Zoological Society of London, and a report on the buildings at Whipsnade
          Maurice, Henry G
          SEC/11/1/49 · Dossier · 1943
          Fait partie de ZSL Secretaries

          Correspondence between Henry Gascoyne Maurice and the Zoological Society of London regarding the reopening of the Aquarium, visits to Whipsnade, the Civil Service Anglers' Association perch, his expenses account, perch from the Lee Conservancy Board, staff appointments, the draft Case for Opinion of Counsel, suggested amendments to the by-laws and the Secretary's memorandum to the Council regarding the suggested amendments
          Pittman, Captain C R S
          CUR/7/3/18 · Dossier · 1949
          Fait partie de Curators and Keepers

          Correspondence with Captain C R S Pittman regarding the establishment of a herd of Watussi Cattle at Whipsnade