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The company also started planning the establishment of a zoo in Helsinki to provide the public a more refined form of entertainment. The first official proposal to locate the zoo in Alppila was narrowly rejected in a city council vote. Instead, the original plan for a zoo in Korkeasaari island was realized in 1889. The liquor company was facing financial difficulties during World War I due to a temporary ban on the sale of alcohol. When Prohibition took effect in 1919, the company’s finances collapsed, and the following year Korkeasaari Zoo became a property of the City of Helsinki.

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