Whipsnade Zoo

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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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          Plans of Whipsnade
          WHI/1 · Unidad documental compuesta · 1930-1934
          Parte de ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

          Plans dated 10 March 1930 until 11 May 1934, pasted into a scrapbook. Also includes first Whipsnade regulations
          Police House Site
          WHI/3/10 · Unidad documental compuesta · 1950-1952
          Parte de ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

          Papers regarding the police house site at Whipsnade
          Suggestions
          WHI/3/16 · Unidad documental compuesta · 1933-1944
          Parte de ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

          Papers regarding suggestions for Whipsnade Zoo
          House of Pleasant Bread
          WHI/4/6 · Unidad documental compuesta · 1951
          Parte de ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

          Correspondence and papers regarding the House of Pleasant Bread, numbers 1 and 2
          Rana Cottage
          WHI/4/7 · Unidad documental compuesta · 1945-1951
          Parte de ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

          Correspondence and papers regarding the property Rana Cottage (Hain's Bung), Whipsnade
          Memorandum on Accommodation
          SEC/11/2/7/3 · Unidad documental simple · Mar 1948
          Parte de ZSL Secretaries

          Memorandum by the Garden and Whipsnade Committee on accommodation for animals in the Gardens