Performer Isaac Van Amburgh with his lions, published by Gibson & Co, c.1873
Bostock’s Dreamland at Coney Island, 1905. The Bostock family branched out into the USA and had a menagerie/circus on Coney Island
If you think of Scotland and zoos, one automatically thinks of the Edinburgh zoo, set in the suburb of Corstorphine. This zoological park opened in 1913 and is world famous for its captive breeding programme and conservation work. However, it was certainly not the _ rst zoo in Scotland. This credit must go to the Scottish Zoo and Variety Circus, established in Glasgow in 1897 by Edward Henry Bostock.