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Author : Clark DeLeon
Publisher : Walsworth Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9781578640690
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (46 download)
Download or read book America's First Zoostory written by Clark DeLeon and published by Walsworth Publishing Company. This book was released on 1999 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book America's First Zoo written by and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Philadelphia Zoological Garden
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (613 download)
Download or read book Visit America's First Zoo Today! written by Philadelphia Zoological Garden and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Philadelphia Zoo written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features the Philadelphia Zoo in Pennsylvania. Includes a map of the Zoo, directions to the Zoo, and admission information. Offers information on group sales, membership, and new animals at the zoo. Highlights the mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians at the zoo. Discusses education programs and zoo conservation programs, as well as employment opportunities and volunteer programs.
Author : Elizabeth Hanson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691186243
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)
Download or read book Animal Attractions written by Elizabeth Hanson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a rainy day in May 1988, a lowland gorilla named Willie B. stepped outdoors for the first time in twenty-seven years, into a new landscape immersion exhibit. Born in Africa, Willie B. had been captured by an animal collector and sold to a zoo. During the decades he spent in a cage, zoos stopped collecting animals from the wild and Americans changed the ways they wished to view animals in the zoo. Zoos developed new displays to simulate landscapes like the Amazon River basin and African forests. Exhibits similar to animals' natural habitats began to replace old-fashioned animal houses. But such displays are only the most recent effort of zoos to present their audiences with an authentic experience of nature. Since the first zoological park opened in the United States in Philadelphia in 1874, zoos have promised their visitors a journey into the natural world. And for more than a century they have been popular places for education and recreation: every year more than 130 million Americans go to zoos to look at the animals and enjoy a day outdoors. The first book-length history of American zoos, Animal Attractions examines the meaning of nature in the city by looking at the ways zoos have assembled and displayed their animal collections. Situated literally and culturally in the American middle landscape, zoos are concrete expressions of longstanding tensions between wildness and civilization, science and popular culture, education and entertainment. In their efforts to promote nature appreciation, they reveal much about how our culture envisions the natural world and the human place in it and how these ideas have changed.
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Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book America's First Zoo written by and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 4 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (489 download)
Download or read book 150 Years Philadelphia Zoo written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Hancocks
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520236769
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (367 download)
Download or read book A Different Nature written by David Hancocks and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A well-written and provocative, opinion-rich account of zoos, their history, and their goals and purposes. Hancocks has earned the right to speak authoritatively about these subjects, thanks to his tenure as director of two leading U. S. zoos. This book will appeal to general readers and to all persons interested in zoos and their role in conservation and education."—John Alcock, author of Animal Behavior: An Evolutionary Approach "Giraffes, elephants, gorillas, snakes, and toucans respond poorly to the usual conventions of human architecture. Zoo architects usually respond no less poorly to the needs of animals. David Hancocks draws on a lifetime's experience working as a zoo director and zoo architect to explore this dilemma, and offers a compelling vision for the future. This is an important book for those interested in conservation as well as for zoo and museum buffs."—William Conway, former President and General Director of the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Bronx Zoo "For over two decades David Hancocks has fervently tried to reform the fundamental character and mission of zoos. This book is his most thorough analysis of what is wrong with them and his most detailed and compelling plea for improvement. Every conscientious zoo administrator, curator, and keeper should read it from cover to cover with an open mind. Professionals in botanical gardens, museums, and nature parks should also consider this treatise because Hancocks advocates that a fusion of all of these institutions into a new entity better positioned to interpret the entire biosphere."-Mark A. Dimmitt, Director of Natural History, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Author : Allen W. Nyhuis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781887140768
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (47 download)
Download or read book America's Best Zoos written by Allen W. Nyhuis and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an overview of some of America's finest zoological parks, discussing exhibits, activities for children, and information about hours, admission and fees, and zoo touring tips.
Author : Alan Johnson
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408108976
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)
Download or read book The Greater Flamingo written by Alan Johnson and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed monograph on an iconic bird of tropical wetlands around the world, the flamingo. With their curious feeding behaviour, peculiar elongated body, gregarious social lives and exotic pink plumage, flamingos are among the most familiar and popular of all the world's birds. They have inspired artists, poets and amateur naturalists for centuries, but until 50 years ago very little was known about their biology. A growing number of scientists have directed their attention to these magnificent birds over recent years; this book summarises current understanding of flamingo biology, with detailed discussion of population dynamics, ecology, movements, feeding, breeding biology and conservation, with emphasis placed on the authors' work on the famous population of Greater Flamingos in the Camargue region of southern France. There is also a detailed guide to breeding areas, and an outline of future challenges for research.
Author : Mary Delach Leonard
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 0826218555
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (262 download)
Download or read book Animals Always written by Mary Delach Leonard and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Gives readers a glimpse into the unseen work and overlooked history of the renowned Saint Louis Zoo. The Zoo's rich history and its emergence as a modern-day research and conservation center are covered in stories and fact-filled sidebars illustrated with vintage black-and-white images from the archives and modern color photos"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Kara Arundel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781684011704
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (117 download)
Download or read book Raising America's Zoo written by Kara Arundel and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1955, a young former Marine ventured to the Belgian Congo on a month-long adventure safari to view Africa's diverse wildlife. When Arthur "Nick" Arundel boarded a commercial airliner for home, he carried a baby gorilla in each arm. Their destination was the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., known as "America's Zoo." The wild apes arrived at an antiquated zoo, which fought for decades to showcase gorillas, but knew little about how to raise them. Their journey from Africa to America was the beginning of dramatic changes for the gorillas Nikumba and Moka and for the zoo that would evolve from a menagerie-type park to an internationally respected center focused on conservation of both captive and wild species.
Author : Gary B. Nash
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812219422
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)
Download or read book First City written by Gary B. Nash and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2006-04-05 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering more than two centuries of social, economic, and political change, and offering a challenging, innovative approach to urban as well national history, First City tells the Philadelphia story through the wealth of material culture its citizens have chosen to preserve.
Author : Vernon N. Kisling
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1420039245
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Zoo and Aquarium History written by Vernon N. Kisling and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2000-09-18 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As one of the world's most popular cultural activities, wild animal collections have been attracting visitors for 5,000 years. Under the direction of Vernon N. Kisling, an expert in zoo history, an international team of authors has compiled the first comprehensive, global history of animal collections, menageries, zoos, and aquariums. Zoo and Aquar
Author : William Bridges
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Gathering of Animals written by William Bridges and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1974 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Welcome to the Philadelphia Zoo on Line written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Official web site of America's first zoo, the Philadelphia Zoo.
Author : Lawrence Anthony
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1429981431
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book Babylon's Ark written by Lawrence Anthony and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-03-06 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The astonishing story of the soldiers, conservationists, and ordinary Iraqis who united to save the animals of the Baghdad Zoo When the Iraq war began, conservationist Lawrence Anthony could think of only one thing: the fate of the Baghdad Zoo, caught in the crossfire at the heart of the city. Once Anthony entered Iraq he discovered that hostilities and uncontrolled looting had devastated the zoo and its animals. Working with members of the zoo staff and a few compassionate U.S. soldiers, he defended the zoo, bartered for food on war-torn streets, and scoured bombed palaces for desperately needed supplies. Babylon's Ark chronicles Anthony's hair-raising efforts to save a pride of Saddam's lions, close a deplorable black-market zoo, run ostriches through shoot-to-kill checkpoints, and rescue the dictator's personal herd of Thoroughbred Arabian horses. A tale of the selfless courage and humanity of a few men and women living dangerously for all the right reasons, Babylon's Ark is an inspiring and uplifting true-life adventure of individuals on both sides working together for the sake of magnificent wildlife caught in a war zone.
