Before revision: Etymology zoo London Zoo, 1835 The London Zoo, which was opened in 1828, was initially known as the "Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society of London", and it described itself as a menagerie or "zoological forest".Blunt 1976; Reichenbach 2002, pp.
After revision: Etymology London Zoo, 1835 The London Zoo, which was opened in 1828, was initially known as the "Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society of London", and it described itself as a menagerie or "zoological forest".Blunt 1976; Reichenbach 2002, pp.