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Incorporation
- When
- March 21, 1859
- Where
- Pennsylvania legislature
The Pennsylvania legislature incorporated the Zoological Society of Philadelphia on March 21, 1859.
The incorporation paper defined the corporation's purpose as collecting living wild animals for public exhibition in Philadelphia for instruction and recreation.
Sources
- Philadelphia Zoo Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-01
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