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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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          Correspondence with Allen and Overy
          LEG/18/1 · Documento · 1987-1989
          Parte de Legal

          Correspondence regarding amendments to the Charter and Byelaws, British Waterways Board, Whipsnade and a copy of Transfer of Land at Whipsnade in 1952
          Admission to Whipsnade and Fellowship of the Society
          SEC/9/2/24/5 · Item · 3 Dec 1930
          Parte de ZSL Secretaries

          Memorandum by the Secretary on admission to Whipsnade and Fellowship of the Society, for further consideration at the Council meeting on January 21, and final settlement at the Council meeting on February 18 1931
          The Objects of Whipsnade Park
          SEC/9/2/27/6 · Item · 12 Dec 1934
          Parte de ZSL Secretaries

          Report from the Whipsnade Committee regarding the general policy by which the development of Whipsnade should be pursued