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In 1907, on the outskirts of Paris, men, women, and children from countries including Madagascar, Sudan, Morocco, and the Congo were “imported” into a purpose-built park, living behind fences on display to the locals.

The equivalent of a human zoo was set up in 1907 on land at Nogent-sur-Marne, around 10km from the city center, to promote French colonialism.

The “zoo” — called — Le Jardin d’Agronomie Tropicale — was actually set up as an experimental botanical garden, Roads & Kingdoms reports, which featured themed pavilions of France’s then colonial holdings.

The human zoo wasn’t a one-off. The zoo attracted more than one million visitors. Others existed in Berlin, London, and the US but have long been demolished “in a rather successful attemp Human Zoo, African People, Indigenous People, True Life, Cute Poses For Pictures, African American History, Cute Poses, Poses For Pictures, One In A Million

U-Shaka Inc on Instagram: "DID YOU KNOW? In 1907, on the outskirts of Paris, men, women, and children from countries including Madagascar, Sudan, Morocco, and the Congo were “imported” into a purpose-built park, living behind fences on display to the locals. The equivalent of a human zoo was set up in 1907 on land at Nogent-sur-Marne, around 10km from the city center, to promote French colonialism. The “zoo” — called — Le Jardin d’Agronomie Tropicale — was actually set up as an…

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With us, humans, consuming so much of farm animal production, such as meat, dairy, eggs and so on, nobody really wants to think about the conditions these animals live in. Animals kept in these farms, are often just a hair away from animal cruelty cases, with their living conditions being the bare minimum requirements to keep them alive. It's the same for some companion animals, where they are purchased purely for human entertainment, or wild animals shot for sport.

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Download this stock image: Ota Benga or Ota Bengi, Congolese man, an Mbuti pygmy known for being featured in an anthropology exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri in 1904, and in a controversial human zoo exhibit in 1906 at the Bronx Zoo. - ERJW87 from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors.

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