Abstract
This article presents the first history of Colombian zoos and one of the few contributions to the history of these institutions in Latin America. It proposes that in this region's zoos native animals tended to predominate, signaling the increasing transformation of forests and other native ecosystems into croplands and pasturelands, as well as the growing distance between people and natural environments. Colombian zoos additionally underscore the limitations of the State in its period of most rapid expansion. They reveal how private interests overshadowed the State by providing public amenities, but also how they offered unconventional solutions to certain hurdles of State formation.
Highlights
This article presents the first history of Colombian zoos and one of the few contributions to the history of these institutions in Latin America
Afew years ago, when I started teaching a course on animals in history, I took my students and kids to visit the Santa Cruz Zoo, the place where as a child I got to know tapirs and became fascinated with them
A few displaced individuals ended up living in the zoos that sprang up in the burgeoning cities that marked people’s increasing distance with native ecosystems
Summary
Wild and trapped: a history of Colombian zoos and its revelations of animal fortunes and State entanglements, 1930s-1990s Selvagens e confinados: uma história dos zoológicos colombianos e suas revelações sobre os destinos de animais e entrelaçamentos do Estado, décadas de 1930 a 1990. Wild and trapped: a history of Colombian zoos and its revelations of animal fortunes and State entanglements, 1930s-1990s. Ciências, Saúde – Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, v.28, supl., dez. Ciências, Saúde – Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, v.28, supl., dez. 2021, p.81-101
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