Royal Zoological Society of Scotland

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The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland is a learned society and registered charity of Scotland. It was founded by an Edinburgh lawyer, Thomas Hailing Gillespie, in 1909. In 1913, a large plot of land was purchased for the Society by the Edinburgh Town Council on Corstorphine Hill, Edinburgh a site which later opened to the public as Edinburgh Zoo.^[1] The original charter of the society is:

"To promote, facilitate and encourage the study of zoology and kindred subjects and to foster and develop amongst the people an interest in and knowledge of animal life."^[2]

In 1986, the society also acquired the Highland Wildlife Park.

[edit] See also

• Scottish Wildlife Trust

[edit] References

1. ^ Review of Edinburgh Zoo. goodzoos.com website. Retrieved on 2007-06-15.
2. ^ History of Edinburgh Zoo. Edinburgh Zoo website. Retrieved on 2007-06-15.

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