Shulgi, theruler of Ur (now South-East Iraq) made the first-known collection of animals in
2400 B.C. But it was not a public zoo. The first real zoo was established by
Queen Hatshepsut in 1500 B.C. in Egypt by collecting animals from all over Africa.
Later, Emperor Wen Wang of China built a zoo to show his wealth and power.
Spread over 1,500 acres, it had animals from all over his empire and was named
the Garden of Intelligence. Today, the oldest zoo in existence was built in
Vienna by Emperor Franz Josef for his wife in 1752.
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