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Imagine if you were given a few lions and newspapers. What will you do with them? If you are Cecil John Rhodes, you will create a zoo to feed them.
In 1897 Rhodes created a private zoo in Cape Town, South Africa, for his big cats, as well as other animals that he received as gifts throughout the years. After his death, the state inherited the estate of Rhodes and his animal collection. The new fence was constructed and the venue was called the Groote Schuur Zoo. Lions, mountain goats, crocodiles and other animals are kept inside, and the zoo becomes a popular attraction.
The Lions will always be the focus of the zoo, however, the prominent position and the best fence at the rear of the zoo. The zoo staff George Booker was famous in the zoo because of the special connection with the Lions, which can fill their stables and feed them by hand and even catch them for the guests. Ironically, he died when he had tetanus after being bitten by a lion in his fingers.
Between 1975 and 1985, the zoo is closed due to an increase in animal welfare standards and financial problems, but people can still wander on campus, see the ruins of the concrete tanks, take pictures with the cement lion statues , and see the famous Lion Guard fence.
One interesting thing, a Himalayan goat, escaped to the Table Mountain and the breeding of a large herd, and remained a herd of goats in the mountains, although they were considered a pest on the area, and measures were made of population control, keeping the legacy of Rhodes alive.