Vintage Photos Proving People Were Always Fascinated By Baby Animals

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  Eight week old tiger cubs belonging to Ranee, a tiger ar Whipsnade zoo, find that their keeper is very useful as a climbing post. 7th July 1937.

  
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  American film star Kirk Douglas with a lion cub called Spartacus which was presented to him by the director of Southport zoo in appreciation of Douglas film role. 7th December 1960.

  
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  A soldier examines a puppy on sale at Club Row market in Londons East End, a street famed for its dog sellers. January 1946.

  
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  Inspector Hutter of the RSPCA rescues a seal pup on one of Norfolks beaches. The seal pups, and carcasses of parent seals are often washed up following the slaughter of seals for their skins in The Wash. 24th July 1964.

  
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  11-year-old Penny Moon, winner of the Knowledge Essay Competition, feeding Suki the tiger cub at London Zoo. 1st August 1963.

  
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  Wilfred a South African bush baby in London Zoo enjoys his morning cocoa from a teaspoon. 15th February 1938.

  
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  A young crocodile receiving some dental attention on its baby teeth from a keeper armed with tweezers. 26th April 1938.

  
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  A young Brownie Girl Guide holding a duckling whilst another is standing on her head. 11th March 1939.

  
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  Flash the baby alligator, owned by Mr. L. Battersby of Birmingham, plunges into a tankard of beer. 14th April 1939.

  
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  June Mottershead mimics her newly adopted lion cub at Chester Zoo in Cheshire. The lion has been adopted to save it from destruction because of lack of zoo funds. 30th September 1939.

  
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  A newly-born lamb suggles up to a sleeping boy. 16th March 1940.

  
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  Children playing with baby alligators in the Reptile House at London Zoo. 26th April 1943.

  
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  Two brown bear cubs from a litter of triplets born at Whipsnade Zoo, Bedfordshire playing with the scales at their first weight check. The 4-lb cubs have been transferred to the childrens zoo, where they delight the visitors. 3rd May 1962.

  
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  A kitten being fed by its owner from a pipette filled with milk. Circa 1950.

  
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  A boy shows a mud Puppy on the island of Fiji. Circa 1950.

  
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  New arrivals at London Zoo; a baby African elephant in the care of a policeman, both from Sierra Leone. Circa 1950.

  
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  A baby playing with a stray dog at the Brighton Animal Hospital, run by the Canine Defence League. 12th July 1950.

  
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  A hiker enjoying the spring sunshine with a young lamb by Loughrigg Tarn in the Lake District. 1953.

  
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  A baby elephant from Assam at the Childrens Zoo, Regents Park, pulling a child along on a string. May 1953.

  
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