Under the directorship of Clemente Onelli (1904-1924), the Jardín Zoológico de Buenos Aires became a major public attraction and gained an international reputation for its innovations in animal keeping and as a supplier of Latin American fauna. It was a hybrid institution that combined the tasks of public instruction, zoological research, and acclimatization of useful animals, and also served as a symbol of national pride. Despite its seemingly peripheral geographical location, the institution was firmly integrated in the global network of zoological gardens. This paper utilizes a transnational perspective to tease out the numerous, multidirectional exchanges of animals and knowledge between the Jardín Zoológico de Buenos Aires and Northern metropolises.
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Hochadel, O. (2022). A global player from the South: the Jardín Zoológico de Buenos Aires and the transnational network of zoos in the early twentieth century. Historia, Ciencias, Saude - Manguinhos, 29(3), 789–812. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-59702022000300012
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