thumb|A sea lion and a zookeeper at the Welsh Mountain Zoo A zoo (short for zoological garden; also called a zoological park, animal park, or menagerie) is a facility where animals are kept within enclosures for public exhibition and often bred for conservation purposes.
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A zoo is a facility where animals are kept in enclosures and displayed to the public, often while also participating in breeding programs to help conserve endangered species. Zoos serve as places where people can observe and learn about animals while contributing to efforts to protect wildlife populations.
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- Etymology
- History
- Royal menageries
- Enlightenment era
- The modern zoo
- British Empire
- Germany
- Poland
- United States
- Japan
- Environmentalism
- Human exhibits
- Type
- Safari park
- Aquaria
- Roadside zoos
- Petting zoos
- Animal theme parks
- Zoo population management
- Sources of animals
- Space constraints and surplus animals
- Breeding and cloning
- Justification
- Conservation and research
- Positive impacts on local wildlife
- Animal welfare in zoos
- Problems
- Capture in wild and mortality
- Behavioural restriction
- Abnormal behaviour
- Longevity
- Climate conditions
- Epidemiology
- Effect of visitors on animals
- Negative effects
- Positive effects
- Moral criticism
- Live feeding
- Regulation
- United States
- Europe
- See also
- Notes
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|A sea lion and a zookeeper at the Welsh Mountain Zoo A zoo (short for zoological garden; also called a zoological park, animal park, or menagerie) is a facility where animals are kept within enclosures for public exhibition and often bred for conservation purposes.
The term zoological garden refers to zoology, the study of animals. The term is derived from the Ancient Greek , , 'animal', and the suffix , , 'study of'. The abbreviation zoo was first used of the London Zoological Gardens, which was opened for scientific study in 1828, and to the public in 1847. The first modern zoo was the Tierpark Hagenbeck by Carl Hagenbeck in Germany. In the United States alone, zoos are visited by over 181 million people annually.