Each year 25 million of us visit a UK zoo, enjoying the thrill of getting ... This royal menagerie including lions and camels moved to the Tower of London in 1210. This was a private menagerie ...

They remember the Tower Menagerie, London's earliest 'zoo', which operated from the 13th to the 19th century. One of its earliest captives was a "white bear", thought to be a polar bear.