Well all zoo's have their secrets but what i've seen on my trip to chicago in 2010 it seemed clean and the animals seemed healthy and happy... But you never know what lies behing those enclosure doors...
Animals are kept in the zoo for display so that people that go to the zoo can appreciate the animals that are kept there. This is because many of those animals cannot be seen or viewed in the environment very often, especially if the animal is foreign.
Jerusalem's Biblical Zoo features animals that related to the Old Testament in some way (most of them are mentioned there).
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Animals typically seen in a Western Zoo include exotic creatures, including gorillas, lions, hippos, flamingos, chimpanzees, tortoises, alligators, snakes, bears, and many more.
No. Museums do not keep live animals. Go to a zoo for that
There is one zoo in Chicago: the Lincoln Park Zoo. The Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, IL is overseen by the Chicago Zoological Society.
for people to see new animals they never seen before and learn new facts
In a city big animals can safely be seen in a Zoo or at a Circus. Both facilities have in place the appropriate measures so that the animal and people are kept safe.
A zoo is a place for animals and zoo rhymes with 'moo'.
According to wikipedia, the Berlin Zoo has 17,500 animals from 1,500 species. The San Diego Zoo has 4,000 animals of 800 species.
The prefix zoo refers to something having to do with animals.