Title: Elephant Slaves and Pampered Parrots
First published: January 2, 2002
Description: "In 1775 a visitor to Laurent Spinacuta's Grande Menagerie at the annual winter fair in Paris would have seen two tigers, several kinds of monkeys, an armadillo, an ocelot, and a condor - in all, forty-two live animals. In Elephant Slaves and Pampered Parrots, Louise E. Robbins explains that exotic animals from around the world were common in eighteenth-century Paris. In the streets of the city, residents and visitors could observe performing elephants and a fighting polar bear.

Those looking for unusual pets could purchase parrots, flying squirrels, and capuchin monkeys. The royal menagerie at Versailles displayed lions, cranes, an elephant, a rhinoceros, and a zebra, which in 1760 became a major court attraction."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Wild animals as pets, Human-animal relationships, Paris (france), history, History, Exotic animals, Animaux sauvages (Animaux familiers), Histoire, Relations homme-animal, Animaux exotiques, PETS, General