Zoos and Aquariums

Zoos and Aquariums Links

The Sunday Times: Animals in British zoos 'distressed' Nick Fielding. Large numbers of animals at Britain's big zoos show signs of mental distress, according to a report by the Born Free Foundation.
DETR - Global Wildlife & Zoos Index CITES, other international agreements, the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, the Zoos Forum, the Zoo Licensing Act 1981, Secretary of State's Standards of Modern Zoo Practice and the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976. From the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. UK.
Who's Studying Who? A study of zoo visitors' comments made about captive chimpanzee behavior, and the respect and understanding - or lack of it - given to captive chimpanzees by their human visitors, with recommendations for positive change.
PETA - Zoos: Pitiful Prisons Factsheet. From People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Virginia, US.
TAPI - When Zoos Tell Lies An essay about the Sacramento Zoo by Barry Kent MacKay. From The Animal Protection Institute. US.
The WWW Virtual Library: Zoos Comprehensive directory of links to zoo-related sites.
Zoos and Animal Rights: The Ethics of Keeping Animals Short book review from New Scientist magazine.
Animals for Entertainment Several questions and answers about animals in zoos.

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