Zoos

In a city zoo, the enclosure for tigers should be at least twelve feet high, twelve feet long and twelve feet wide. If the dimensions of the cage are smaller than 12 feet by 12 feet by 12 feet (that is, 1, 728 cubic feet), the tiger will feel cramped in the cage and not be able to pace up and down majestically.

A cage measuring at least 1, 728 cubic feet is required to accommodate a full grown pair of adult tigers. On an average, the combined weight of a male and a female adult tiger would be more than 500 kilograms and the combined height of a male and a female adult tiger would be more than six metres.

The largest by area, is the Red McCombs Wildlife (Texas) with over 12.500 acres. The largest by species is San Diego Zoo (California) with around 4,500 animals in 900 species.

Zoologischer Garten Berlin, Germany

We open at 10 am everyday. In the summer, we close the gates at 5 and in the winter we close them at 4. Visitors have one hour after the gates close to finish their visit and leave the grounds.

People feel it is not fair to animals to keep them locked in cages at the zoo. Having animals at the zoo allows people to learn more about them, which may keep animals from becoming endangered.

There are animals at the zoo because animals are supposed to be at the zoo. I mean even though there aren't any dogs or cats there are wild animals like lions tigers lizards zebras and a lot more. That's why there are animals at a zoo.

The Toronto Zoo was originally founded by Mr. Hugh A. Crothers. In 1963 he proposed a Private Citizen's Brief to the Metropolitan Toronto Council to create a new zoo to replace the dirty, old Riverdale Zoo that had been operating since 1887 in downtown Toronto. Eleven years later, after much hard work by many people, "The Metropolitan Toronto Zoo - The World's Largest Zoo" opened to the public on August 15th, 1974.

The Louisville Zoo is open through Labor Day from 10 am to 5 pm. In June and July on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday the Louisville Zoo stays open until 8 pm.

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There's no day where it's free. However, Wednesday is Suggested Donation Day. "Suggested donation" means you pay what you want to pay.

To see all the areas of the Serengeti National Park, it takes several days. The park is roughly the same size as the state of Connecticut.

Currently, in April 2011, there are Tasmanian Devils on display at Australia Zoo.

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Many people feel that zoos fill a vital role in educating people about

animals and play an important part in animal conservation. While much

information on animals is available through printed materials and the

Internet, it falls far short of allowing people to experience being

near those animals. Many people lack the means to travel to the native

habitats of most animals, and zoos bring animals from many different

climates and locations together in one place. For many people as well,

the experience of being close to these animals has more impact than

simply reading about them. This experience often gives them an affinity

for animals that they may not have otherwise, and an awareness of

conservation efforts.

A lot of people think that zoos are good because they help

repopulate, etc. but did you ever think... that the only reason why we

need to repopulate some species, is because of poaching and hunting? If

we never had poaching and hunting, most animals are capable out there

in the wild... and why look at zoos when you could go to on an African

safari and tour the land?

Zoos are good, but they are not 100% educational. Most people use

the internet and guides to find out about the species. It is really

only for our entertainment. Zoos should be banned because it is cruel

to animals.

This is a very open question - it all depends on how big is the zoo?

There are very small inner city zoos and extremely large open plain zoos.

Some have cages of monkeys/birds/snakes OR tanks of fish/seals/dolphins.

Others are more like museums with paintings and bones and the like.

All consisting of numerous species and subspecies of animals.

I'm sure any of your local zoos would be more than willing and proud to tell you

how many animals are in their zoo?!

Nah, but go to Yellowstone and see the animals in the wild. Way better anyway!

it is supposed to be for people entertainment and fun.

It's supossed to show you how different animals live in their habbitat.

It shows young or older children these amazing animals.

It's entertainment.

It's not cruel, the animals have fun and it teaches you about the animals.

The address of the Elmwood Park Zoo is: 1661 Harding Blvd, Norristown, PA 19401-2974

Australia's largest zoo is Monarto Sanctuary, not far from Adelaide in South Australia. It is an open range animal sanctuary, covering over 1000 hectares. See the link below for more information.

Brookfield Zoo was created in 1934.

Usually a zoo smells kind of like this:


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Zoos exist because, if there weren't zoos there wouldn't be a place for animals to be cared for. The only place would be the vet's office. Also because we need to care for the animals in need, like the ones that are sick or orphaned. There are bad points about zoos but the zoo is mainly for people to see rare animals and for education, but lots of other reasons too.

Zoos provide shelter and breeding sanctuaries for animals that are endangered. Because of habitat destruction, especially in tropical environments, many animals are illegally hunted, destroyed or pushed to the point of extinction. Zoos help save animals so that they do not get killed in the wild. Zoos also create a wonderful learning environment for people of all ages to see exotic animals face to face and learn about their importance in the world.

Animals do not have rights. In any case, zoos, as we will see below, exist to protect endangered species and to help us understand and protect our animal cousins more successfully. One of the reasons animals are taken into captivity in zoos is because they are under threat if they stay in their natural habitat.

Zoos nowadays are not marketed as places of entertainment - they are places of education. Most modern zoos have their main emphasis on conservation and education - the reason that so many schools take children to zoos is to teach them about nature, the environment, endangered species, and conservation. Far from encouraging bad treatment of animals, zoos provide a direct experience of other species that will increase ecological awareness.

One of the main functions of zoos is to breed endangered animals in captivity. If natural or human factors have made a species' own habitat a threatening environment then human intervention can preserve that species where it would certainly go extinct if there were no intervention. There are certainly problems with trying to conserve endangered species in this way but it is right that we should at least try to conserve them. And as long as animals are treated well in zoos there is no reason why conservation, education, and cruelty-free entertainment should not all be combined in a zoo. There is also, of course, a valid role for breeding in different environments such as large nature.

Zoos have research programs that help expand our knowledge about animals, especially the endangered species. The information gained by these programs can help protect, and treat the species in the wild, as well as determine what affects if any climate change may have on the regions needed for the species to flourish. Many zoos also have breeding programs for all kinds of species, endangered or not, and learn even more about the species during the breeding, and rearing process. All this knowledge and information is shared with visitors, organizations, and other programs alike.

Zoos are very good for the animals and give the whole species a last chance. Conservation is one of the things that zoos do to help the animal species survive. This brings me to the five main reasons why we have zoos. They are conservation, reproduction, education, research and recreation. Conservation is breeding, rescuing, finding homes for, and preserving threatened or endangered species.

Zoos help protect animals from predators. Animals kept in zoos would have once been in the wild where Survivial of the Fittest takes the lead.

Most zoos have large, life-like enclosures. Many zoos do not lock animals up in cages, which are mostly called safaris, and they really do help the animals. The animals live in a natural place and it is a lot like the wild, because they are free. A lot of them have large areas that animals can play in and a lot is done to ensure the animals are happy. The animals' enclosures are made to be similar to the animals' natural habitats and care is taken to ensure natural wildlife is within most enclosures. In zoos that strive to do this, it is okay to not have animals in their natural environment.

I personally think zoos are very important.

the number of zoos in the united states of America is a total of 180 zoos. this includes all 50 states.
Including Aquariums along with Zoos in the United States there are 370 listed with an indexing site listed below.