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London Zoo, previously known as ZSL London Zoo or London Zoological Gardens and sometimes called Regent's Park Zoo, is the world's oldest scientific zoo. It was opened in London on 27 April 1828 and was originally intended to be used as a collection for scientific study. In 1831, the Tower of London menagerie animals were transferred to the zoo's collection. It was opened to the public in 1847. At its peak, the Zoo attracted over 3 million annual visitors and exhibited over 900 species.
Aside from two separate lecture tours to this region, Mark Twain's final days in Washoe were eventful.
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Twain Was “News” To Other Newspapers While a Reporter On The “Enterprise” (part 2)
By Austin E. Hutcheson
From The Twainian, Volume 8 Number 2 (1949)