SZ/ZOO/11/48 - Whipsnade - Lion Pit Accident

Reference code

SZ/ZOO/11/48

Level of description

File

Title

Whipsnade - Lion Pit Accident

Date/s

1956

Quantity & Format

2 sub-files

Scope and content

File SZ/ZOO/11/48 consists of a press-cutting and a typescript report of the inquest into the death of Anthony Murphy, a cub-scout mauled by a lion at Whipsnade on 2.6.56; the boy died of his injuries a few days later.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/ZOO - Zoological Society of London
  - SZ/ZOO/11 - Secretary's Personal Files
    - SZ/ZOO/11/48 - Whipsnade - Lion Pit Accident

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