London Zoo Text

London Zoo

London has a very fine old Zoo. The home of London Zoo is Regent’s Park which is not far from the centre of London. They say exotic animals were first taken to Britain in the thirteenth century when King Henry III received a gift of leopards and elephants. The animals lived in the Tower of London in a special place. Later the king of Norway presented Henry III with a polar bear. The bear liked to go fishing in the Thames at the end of a long rope. Five hundred years later (eighteenth century), Queen Charlotte was given the first zebra. She kept it near Buckingham House. Curious people came there to see it. Giraffes have been an attraction at London Zoo since 1839. Soon the giraffes were moved to Regent’s Park.

London Zoo is the most famous British Zoo now.  Today there are more than twelve thousand of exotic animals at London Zoo. A lot of children with their parents and friends visit it every day. It is open in 1847  Many old trees grow in the park, and in spring, summer and autumn there are a lot of beautiful flowers there too. Different kinds of animals live there: elephants, giraffes, sea-lions and polar bears, brown bears and foxes, big and little monkeys and birds. Some of them have very beautiful bright colours. In the Children's Zoo children can watch, talk to and touch young animals. The fishes are in a great glass box. There are many different kinds of beautiful fishes there. It is very interesting.

A good time to visit the animals is when they take their food. Then you can see how the sea-lions catch their fish. The man who looks after the animals sometimes throws a fish into the water, then the sea-lions jump into the water and get the fish there. In the large monkey house you can see different kinds of monkeys. They jump, run and play with each other.  In the park there are camels. Children love to sit on a camel's back when it walks in the square. They also like to watch the elephant when he washes himself in the morning. He puts water on his back and men with long brushes make him very clean.

            If you want to have a good time and enjoy watching the animal’s world, welcome to London Zoo!