Crazy councils, bumbling scientists and the biggest tree ever cut down: How Sycamore Gap vandals join a long list of villains blamed for taking the axe to some of the world's best-loved trees

In 1892, the famous General Noble Tree (above) - a giant sequoia standing in California - was felled so it could be displayed at the Chicago World Fair.

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