Caged in enclosures in Madrid's Retiro Park, they were described as 'strange', 'disfigured', 'brutal' and 'subhuman'. It was in the spring of 1887 that Spain's Queen Maria Cristina inaugurated the ...
WARNING: The following story contains information that may cause distress to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers, who are advised to exercise caution. The term says it all: human zoos.