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84: Abusive Prisons or Animal Oasis: Are Zoos Evil? | Dark History with Bailey Sarian

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Papa Hagenbeck's Seals

When Carl Hagenbeck was 14 years old, he got a seal for his birthday. He and his dad decided to turn the cute animals into a business. They set them up in a local market area where people lined up to see them. Each person paid about eight cents in German money at the time.

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