Lesson 23: Famous Zoos
Zoos are old!
One of the world's first zoos was in Egypt,about 3,500 years

ago.
This zoo kept monkeys and giraffes in small cages.
Only kings,queens and important people went to this zoo.
No other people could go.
Egypt is a country in Africa.Egypt is famous for its pyramids.
What was China's first zoo?China built its first zoo about

2,500 years ago.
People went to the zoo to learn about animals.
What doesagomean Look it up in your dictionary!
Animals in wedding clothes?Yes!
Eight hundred years ago,King Frederick II kept many wild

animals in his zoo.
He lived in Italy.
When he got married,he took elephants,camels,lions,and monkeys

to his wedding.
He gave them beautiful wedding clothes!Many cages have bars.
Bars keep the animals inside.New cages--no bars!
One hundred years ago,a new kind of zoo opened in Germany.
The Hagenbeck Zoo kept animals in big cages.
The cages had no bars.The Hagenbeck Zoo gave other zoos a good

idea.
This idea has given zoo animals a better life.
FASCINATING FACT
Zoos are the only places that some kinds of animals live.
There are no Asian wild horses outside of zoos.
Zoos also have most of the world's Siberian tigers.
There are about one thousand (1000) Siberian tigers in zoos.
The Siberian tiger is the biggest cat in the world.