In a blog posted on Thursday, Kathryn England, the chief operating officer of the zoo, publicly thanked Banksy for stencilling his art on the zoo's shutter, describing it as a significant moment in our history that we're keen to properly preserve. She added: We're thrilled by the joy this artwork has already brought to so many, but primarily, we're incredibly grateful to Banksy, for putting wildlife in the spotlight.
The mural depicted a gorilla lifting up shutters to allow other animals to escape. The zoo previously warned visitors on social media that it was planning to remove the artwork from public display on Friday evening for its safekeeping and to make full use of our entrance during the busy summer period.
Now, Banksy's ninth and final artwork in his animal-themed London series has itself escaped, removed in an attempt by the 196-year-old zoo to properly preserve a significant moment in its history.
The shutter to the entrance had remained closed since then so that visitors could admire Banksy's work, which portrayed a watchful gorilla helping a sea lion, several birds and bats and three other mysterious animals depicted only by their three sets of glowing eyes to escape into Camden.
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