The emergence of modern zoological gardens is intimately tied to colonialism; given the prevailing mentality at the time (the world is a God given property to t

The emergence of modern zoological gardens is intimately tied to colonialism; given the prevailing mentality at the time (the world is a God given property to the white man), these horrors are sadly unsurprising. I really recommend the book "New Worlds, New Animals: From Menagerie to Zoological Park in the Nineteenth Century" for an in depth history of zoos amd treatment of that colonialism connection, it's fascinating.