I found an old news piece from way back in 1989, where it mentions that Parade Magazine released a list of the "10 Best and 10 Worst Zoos" at the...
Anybody knows of a site to find old zoo and wildlife documentaries, especially the series 'Zoo 2000' from the 1990s? They are unlikely to be ever...
New series exploring the history and future of zoos. BBC Radio 4 - Uncaged, 1: The Animal From royal menageries of the ancient world, through...
This list has been in the making for nearly ten years now. I started making it when I was in high school and regularly visited the zoo and have...
All dates are approximate. [IMG] This is the zoo's original map from 1934, which was reprinted in Let the Lions Roar: The History of Brookfield...
I came across the text of 'Beasts and men, being Carl Hagenbeck's experiences for half a century among wild animals'. Beasts and men, being Carl...
Have just found out there is a second edition being published soon of Vernon Kisling's 'Zoo and Aquarium History: Ancient Animal Collections to...
There was an article written in Vice that was published today that piqued my interest. Back in 1994, 25 black men, women, and children from the...
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts in Birmingham currently have an exhibit about Clara, the famous Indian Rhinoceros that was taken around Europe...
Since covid I haven't been top thrift stores as much do I've bought a couple items on ebay to fulfill my treasure hunting urge. Suffice to say...
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Mortality is sadly a given in this life and for many popular individual animals which touch the lives of generations of visitors to zoos over...
I thought it would be good to create a thread where zoochatters can share anything they know or find out about the history of either ex-situ...
I found this interesting article the other day on the history of zoos in Latin America written by a scholar at Oxford University, UK. It...
Found this interesting video featuring several abandoned zoos. There are a couple of errors where the visuals do not match the narration, the most...
Hello everyone! My name is Karie, and as avid zoo enthusiast and historian I have started a blog called Zoo Walks through History that I thought...
The trailer has been released for a movie about Belfast Zoo in WWII, which is due for release later this year [MEDIA]
Part of an exhibition on the zoo's history in the giraffe house.
BBC Radio 4 Extra - Sounds Natural, Adam Faith I recently stumbled across this programme on BBC Radio 4 Extra - Sounds Natural, a series from...
Somehow this new temporary exhibit passed me by until I heard about it today Making Nature: How we see animals It's not a typical natural...
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