In "THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND" a character casually mentions that they keep a baboon and a cheetah and Sherlock Holmes isn't even shocked. How common was it in Victorian times for private British citizens to have exotic animals?
by /u/vitringur in /r/AskHistorians
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