What is the definition of a zoo?
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A zoo is a public or private park where living animals are kept for exhibition and study. The menageries and aviaries of China, Egypt, and Rome were famous in ancient times. From the late medieval period many rulers had private menageries, some of which later formed the nucleus of public exhibits. Nearly all large cities now have zoological reserves. Notable ones include those of London (Regent's Park), Paris (Jardin des Plantes and Jardin d'Acclimatation, Bois de Boulogne), Berlin (Tiergarten), Toronto (Metro), New York City (Bronx), Chicago (Lincoln Park and Brookfield), Cincinnati, Detroit, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and San Diego (Balboa Park). Modern trends include breeding endangered animals in captivity (some have been reintroduced into the wild), exhibiting animals in enclosures simulating their natural habitat rather than in cages (open-range zones or safari parks), and educating the public about the principles of ecology.
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why would zoos be banned theres nothing wrong with them
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The science of life and of living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, and distribution. It includes botany and zoology and all their subdivisions. \nThe life processes or characteristic phenomena of a group or category of living organisms: the biology of viruses. \nThe plant and animal life of a specific area or region.
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I would say the National Zoo in Washington DC.  The orangutans have a rope highway throughout the zoo.  They have gorillas too.  Here's the link:\n\nhttp://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/Primates/\n\nWorst zoo for primates is the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs.  They are in old cages and look so sad.  They have oragutans, chimps, and gorilla.  They also have a one handed gibbon.
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Life span: 25 to 30 years in the wild, up to 45 years in zoos
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Most zoos are part of the AZA (Association of Zoos & Aquariums) and they have an Accrediation process which includes inspections. Their website has information about the Accrediation.
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I know the zoo in Washington D.C. only keeps endangered animals. The idea is that if they go extinct in the wild they can be reintroduced into the wild from the few remaining animals in zoos.
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Go and check out the local zoo.
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There are zoos in Los Angeles and Palm Desert/Indian Wells. For more detailed locations and further information, see their websites below.
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Poaching.\nHabitat loss and fragmentation, encroaching human populations.
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Noah\n\nNoah or Noach (Hebrew: נוֹחַ or נֹחַ, Standard Nóaḥ Tiberian Nōªḥ; Arabic: نوح, Nūḥ; "Rest") was the tenth and last of the antediluvian Patriarchs, best known for the Deluge which came in his time. His story is contained in the Hebrew Bible's book of Genesis, chapters 5-9.\n\nThe predecessor of the zoological garden is the menagerie that has a long history from the Middle Ages to modern times. The oldest existing zoo, the Vienna Zoo in Austria, evolved from such an aristocratic menagerie founded in 1752 by the Habsburg monarchy.\n\nThe first zoo founded primarily for scientific and educational reasons was the Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes in Paris (1794). The founders and members of the Zoological Society of London adopted the idea of the early Paris zoo when they established London Zoo in 1828.\n\nThe success of London Zoo set off a wave of further zoo establishments across the world. The first zoological garden established in Australia was Melbourne Zoo in 1860. In the same year the first zoo of the United States opened to the public in New York City (Central Park Zoo), although earlier, in 1859, the Philadelphia Zoological Society had made an effort to establish a zoological park, but delayed due to the American Civil War.\n\nWhen ecology emerged as a matter of public interest through the 1970s, a few zoos began to consider making conservation their central role, with Gerald Durrell of the Jersey Zoo, George Rabb of Brookfield Zoo, and William Conway of the Bronx Zoo (Wildlife Conservation Society) leading the discussion. Since then, zoo professionals became increasingly aware of the need to engage themselves in conservation programmes and the American Zoo Association soon asserted that conservation had become its highest priority.
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From a strict biological perspective human beings are animals. so to keep a single man for exhibit in a zoo, it would break the law. \n\nI wouldn't like to see my male Indian friends in a cage in a zoo! \n\nHuman beings... treated like other animals? I don't think so. \n\nAre there enough women for men? and vice versa?\n\nWhat about the individual's right of choice?
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I love zoos! Maybe not as much as you do...but I really, really like them.  The one in Washington DC is great, but Los Angeles has a real good one, too.
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General Curator\nOversees an institution's entire animal collection and animal management staff. Responsible for strategic collection planning.\n\nAnimal Curator\nManages a certain portion of an institution's animal collection; i.e., mammals, birds, fish,reptiles, etc.\n\nVeterinarian\nResponsible for the healthcare program for the animal collection and the maintenance of health records.\n\nVeterinary Technician\nAssists the veterinarian and provides care to the animals under the supervision of the veterinarian.\n\nRegistrar\nMaintains computer records on the animal collection and applies for permits and licenses to hold or transport animals.\n\nCurator/Coordinator/Director of Research\nSupervises research projects, serves as liaison between the institution and the academic community, and publishes articles in scientific journals.\n\nCurator/Coordinator/Director of Conservation\nOversees the institution's conservation activities, including field projects. Serves as liaison with government wildlife agencies and other conservation organizations.\n\nConservation Biologist/Zoologist\nProvides scientific and technical assistance in the management of the animal collection and assists in conducting various research or field conservation projects.\n\nHead Keeper/Aquarist\nSupervises a section or department of the institution; provides training and scheduling for keepers.\n\nSenior Keeper/Aquarist\nProvides primary animal care for a department.\n\nKeeper/Aquarist\nProvides daily care to the institution's animals, including diet preparation, cleaning, general exhibit maintenance, and record keeping.\n\nOperations Director/Manager\nResponsible for the daily operation of the institution's physical plant and equipment.\n\nCurator of Exhibits\nCreates exhibits and assists in the design of graphics.\n\nCurator of Horticulture\nResponsible for the botanical collection and its application to the animal collection, as well as daily maintenance of the institution's grounds.
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A building, place, or institution devoted to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, or artistic value.\n\nThat's the dictionary definition of it.
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There are five main functions of a modern zoo.  These are: Conservation, Reproduction, Education, Research and Recreation.  Zoos have made valuable contributions to protecting the threatened wildlife of the earth. If it weren’t for zoos, many species would be extinct today.  Zoos give wild animals with NO chance a LAST chance.\n\nConservation:  \nZoos play a fundamental role in the conservation of endangered and threatened species all over the world.  Aside from breeding endangered animals, conservation consists of the rescue and preservation of existing animals.  In tropical rainforests alone, we lose 100 species every day, 4 species per hour, due to tropical deforestation.  At current rates, 5 – 10% of tropical forest species will become extinct every decade.\n\nWhile a large part of conservation is the breeding of animals, conservation begins with the other branch of preservation of animals, which is simply housing them.  Whether an animal was living in a particularly dangerous or volatile environment or whether its species had simply become so very low in numbers that human intervention became necessary, zoos have provided safe havens for endangered animals for many years. \n\nAll over the world, animal populations suffer as their natural habitats are destroyed or taken over.  Even though in many cases the destruction of an animal's habitat is a result of human progress, at times the survival of a species requires human assistance.  \n\nSome zoos even participate in conservation projects outside of their walls.  For example, many zoos sponsor efforts to preserve natural habitats of threatened or endangered species, such as the Asian bamboo forests that are home to the giant panda and the South American rain forests that are home to the lion tamarin, a species of small monkeys.  These and other animals might not survive without preservation efforts made by zoos across the country.   The overall goal of many zoos is to create and conserve healthy populations that can someday be reintroduced into the wild.\n\nReproduction: \nThe role of zoos in breeding animals, especially endangered species, is an important one.  Between 2,000 and 6,000 animal species will become extinct in the near future without human intervention.  Zoos focusing on captive breeding can call themselves conservation centers since they are helping in the fight to save endangered species.\n\nA well-managed zoo can breed animals faster than the animals might breed in an otherwise troubled area in the wild.  Captive breeding has saved such species as the European Bison, the Hawaiian Goose, and the Arabian Oryx, a type of antelope, from extinction.\n\nZoos around the world lend and trade animals with each other through the Species Survival Plan (SSP) in order to avoid inbreeding, which can lead to a weaker population, and promote a healthier, more diverse group of animals.  Many zoos also participate in the International Species Information System (ISIS), a computerized inventory of more than 250,000 animals housed in zoos throughout the world.  ISIS maintains ancestral records for the animals to help document the animals' genetic backgrounds.    \n\nEducation:\nAlthough few people visit a zoo with education in mind, most modern zoos believe their primary mission is to educate the public.  Zoos are able to alter human perceptions about animals because they are places where people can really get to know animals.  In modern zoos, people can see, hear and smell animals in recreations of their natural environments.\n\nThe broader goal of zoo education is not just to teach about animals, or even our relationship with animals, but also to teach about the entire natural world and our place in it.  Zoos offer guided tours, workshops for students, teachers and the general public, lectures and other activities to promote animal education.  Many also work with local colleges and offer apprenticeship programs to people interested in zoo related careers.\n\nPeopl
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The Zoo.  The spca.  A pet store.