While Zimbabwean officials describe their recent decision to sell a host of animals to North Korea as "purely a business arrangement," zoo animals have often been used as tools in the diplomatic process.
Animal diplomacy started long, long before Jumbo. Just to give one example, the King of Portugal gave Louis XIV an Asian elephant in 1668 (the elephant died, and was dissected, at Versailles in 1681). There are many even earlier examples.
Animal diplomacy started long, long before Jumbo. Just to give one example, the King of Portugal gave Louis XIV an Asian elephant in 1668 (the elephant died, and was dissected, at Versailles in 1681). There are many even earlier examples.
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ResponderEliminarThe elephant Harun Al-Rashid sent Charlemagne is the most famous example?
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