Menagerie Manor

Menagerie Manor

Menagerie Manor was a book by Gerald Durrell, published in 1964. The book is a collection of pen portraits of some of the creatures of Gerald Durrell's Zoo - and some of the lessons Durrell learned about making real and sustaining his childhood ambition of having his own Zoo. The Manor of the title is Les Augres Manor on Jersey, five miles north of St. Helier. It officially opened on March 26 1959.


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  • Menagerie — For other uses, see The Menagerie (disambiguation). The Versailles menagerie during the reign of Louis XIV. A menagerie is/was a form of keeping common and exotic animals in captivity that preceded the modern zoological garden. The term was first …   Wikipedia

  • manor — [13] Etymologically, a manor is a place where one ‘stays’ or ‘dwells’. It goes back ultimately to the Latin verb manēre ‘remain, stay’, which in post classical times was used for ‘dwell, live’. Its Old French descendant maneir came to be used as… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

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  • Les Augrès Manor — is a 16th century manor house in the parish of Trinity in Jersey, on the road La Profonde Rue.The grounds of the manor has been home to the Jersey Zoo (now Durrell Wildlife) since 1958, and the manor house itself home to the Durrell Wildlife… …   Wikipedia

  • Gerald Durrell — Gerald ( Gerry ) Malcolm Durrell, OBE (January 7, 1925 ndash; January 30, 1995) was a naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist, author, and television presenter. He founded what is now called the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and the Jersey… …   Wikipedia

  • Jersey Zoological Park — Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (prev. Jersey Zoological Park) The dodo is the symbol of the trust and the zoo. Statues of dodos stand at the gateways of the zoo. Date opened 26 March 1959 Location Trinity, Jersey …   Wikipedia

  • Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust — Les Augrès Manor, Jersey headquarters of the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust at Jersey Zoo Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust is a conservation organisation with a mission to save species from extinction. Gerald Durrell founded the Jersey… …   Wikipedia

  • Zoo de Jersey — Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (prev. Jersey Zoological Park) El dodo es el símbolo de la fundación y del zoo. Estatuas de dodos vigilan las puertas del zoo. Localización Trinity Jersey Área …   Wikipedia Español

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