Does the Tower of London count as a zoo? It technically wasn't.

They kept Barbary Lions (and a bunch of other exotic animals) in the Tower of London and it's how it ended up as the symbol of England, practice started in the 1200s.

He ain't wrong. But dude should've gone with ravens because those madlads are bigger assholes than eagles and will bully them for the lols.

Turkey was and still is much more important for the country. French have chicken and no fucks given about it, so that wouldn't be even that strange.