maggie elizabeth jones played the daughter in we bought a zoo.
maggie elizabeth jones played the daughter in we bought a zoo.
who plays the daughter in we bought a zoo?
maggie elizabeth jones
we bought a zoo is a 2011 american family comedy-drama film loosely based on the 2008 memoir of the same name by benjamin mee. it was written and directed by cameron crowe and stars matt damon as widowed father benjamin mee, who purchases a dilapidated zoo with his family and takes on the challenge of preparing the zoo for its reopening to the public. the film also stars scarlett johansson, maggie elizabeth jones, thomas haden church, patrick fugit, elle fanning, colin ford, and john michael higgins. the film was released in the united states on december 23, 2011 by 20th century fox. the film earned $120.1 million on a $50 million budget. "we bought a zoo" was released on dvd and blu-ray on april 3, 2012 by 20th century fox home entertainment. dartmoor zoological park (originally dartmoor wildlife park), on which the film is based, is a 33-acre zoological garden located near the village of sparkwell, devon, england.
we bought a zoo
the government of west bengal bought two white males, named niladari and himadri, from the maharaja for the alipore zoological gardens (calcutta zoo), and an orange female named malini, from the same litter of three born in 1960, accompanied them there. the alipore zoo in kolkata, recovered the purchase price of its white tigers within six months by charging extra to see them. by 1966 the bombay zoo had a white tigress named lakshmi, born in 1964, from the maharaja. the calcutta zoo sold a white tigress named sefali to gauhati zoo and sent a second white tiger there on loan. circus owner clyde beatty also bought a white tiger from the maharaja in 1960, for $10,000 in a deal facilitated by the smithsonian national zoo director t.h. reed, who had traveled to india to escort mohini to washington, which had to be canceled because of the export ban, which made mohini even more valuable. she was estimated to be worth $28,000. president tito of yugoslavia visited new delhi zoo and asked for white tigers for belgrade zoo, but was refused. a white tiger named dalip from new delhi zoo represented india in two international expositions in budapest and osaka. a white tigress named nandni, who was born in new delhi zoo in 1971, went to hyderabad zoo. by 1976 the lucknow zoo also had a white tiger which was a gift from new delhi zoo. zoos with white tigers constituted a most exclusive club and the white tigers themselves represented a single extended family. in 1965 or 1966 terence walton, a member of the maharaja of rewa's staff, was attending a performance of the ringling bros. circus in madison square garden and had a note passed to tiger trainer charles baumann, on the maharaja's stationary, requesting an opportunity to discuss white tigers. he may have hoped to make a sale. baumann was invited to rewa, but was not able to go.
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