https://www.pitara.com/tags/history-of-zoos/Recent content in History of Zoos on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/planet-earth-for-kids/its-a-zoo-out-there/Sat, 19 Oct 2002 11:04:02 +0000https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/planet-earth-for-kids/its-a-zoo-out-there/<p>Almost 400 years ago, Mughal emperor Jehangir acquired a new animal in his private collection or zoo – the zebra. This unusual, striped animal fascinated him so much that he wrote about it in his memoirs as a strange creature. Some even imagined that the animal&rsquo;s stripes had been painted!</p> <p>The emperor decided to find out whether the zebra was indeed coloured or not. After much investigation, he made it public that the zebra, too, was a creature created by god. The stripes were natural, they had not been painted upon!</p>