I thought it would be fun to reminisce a little bit about what used to be at Brookfield Zoo and see what we can remember used to exist, some of...
Hello Zoo Peeps, I'm looking for some very specific information. I have translated a german memoir of circus manager Leo Weste from 1925, in...
If you love Politics and Zoos like me you probably love Panda Diplomacy, It might be bad for zoos' futures but it's really interesting so I was...
Historically San Diego Zoo has had one of the best collections in the United States so I am creating this thread as a collection of species the...
Here, we'll talk about animal species that are no longer kept at Brazilian zoos, aquariums and breeding facilities.
Hello everyone! Recently I came across an image on the Cincinnati Zoo’s Facebook page of the elephants when they were young. I was wondering if...
Hello! I'm a historian doing work on David Seth-Smith, who presented the 'Zoo Man' on BBC Children's Hour. In the BBC's archive I came across a...
Hello, I am currently researching the history of Polar Bear Captivity in Australia which appears to date back to the late 1800's. I have read...
This is something I recently saw someone else do with another zoo. The Philadelphia Zoo is the oldest zoo in the United States, and over the 161...
Found some old photos (courtesy of an old book on Audubon Park) of the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans from the late 80s and 90s before the major...
First, I'll give you an explanation. Korea's first modern zoo was Chang-gyeong-won, which was converted Chang-gyeong-gung Palace, the one of the...
Hi, my name is Sarah and I’m from Australia. A couple years ago I started doing research on George Bruce Chapman and his various businesses. A...
Does anyone have any information on the history of WORZ's Giraffe? At the moment they have 5.0 Giraffe. Harold (2009) Arrived 2010 from Monarto...
I’d like to invite you to join me Wednesday, March 6 at 7 p.m. at the Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library in Washington, D.C. as I talk about...
I would like to invite all those folks in the Washington, D.C. area to a book talk, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018 at 4 p.m. at Nanny O'Brien's Irish Pub....
I was doing some cataloguing of 19th Century watercolour sketches from Tibet and the Himalaya at work today, and there was one of a set of antlers...
Hey ZooChat. I'm looking for old black and white pictures, with as much provenance as possible, of monitor lizards in zoos up to the 1950s. I...
Dear forum members, My name is Kevin Prenger and I'm the writer of the book 'War Zone Zoo' about the history of the Berlin Zoo during the 3rd...
So, I thought this would be nice to share questions about the zoo’s history, so everyone could learn more history. Here are some questions I have....
Zoo attacks and the people who survive them BBC news article about zoo animal attack survivors. Most are from zoos whose names I don't recognise,...
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