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The opening paragraph should concisely introduce the facility and provide a brief overview of the significant or notable facts about the facility including association membership(s), # of animals and/or species, and/or location of zoo. See WP:LEAD for more information on writing a good opening paragraph.
The Zoo was located in Regent's Park—then undergoing development at the hands of the architect John Nash. What set the London zoo apart from its predecessors was its focus on society at large. The zoo was established in the middle of a city for the public, and its layout was designed to cater for the large London population.
A group of Igorot displayed during the St. Louis World's Fair, 1904 [1] [2] Natives of Tierra del Fuego, brought to the Paris World's Fair by the Maître in 1889. Human zoos, also known as ethnological expositions, were a colonial practice of publicly displaying people, usually in a so-called "natural" or "primitive" state. [3]
The Animal Game: Searching for Wildness at the American Zoo. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674737341. OCLC 946906577. Flank, Lenny (2021). The Zoo Tourist: Visiting America's Zoos and Aquariums. Red and Black Publishers. ISBN 9781610011440. OCLC 1400972328. Nyhuis, Allen W. (2008).
The World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) is the "umbrella" organization for the world zoo and aquarium community. Its mission is to provide leadership and support for zoos, aquariums, and partner organizations of the world in animal care and welfare, conservation of biodiversity, environmental education and global sustainability.
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The organization has also received criticism due to its lack of a ban on breeding white tigers, a practice that AZA banned in 2011 due to the risk of disease as well as other congenital effects due to inbreeding. [8] [9] ZAA's policies on elephant care have also sparked controversy, as ZAA's elephant care practices allow for free contact.
The prohibition "do not feed the animals" reflects a policy forbidding the artificial feeding of wild or feral animals. Signs displaying this message are commonly found in zoos , circuses , animal theme parks , aquariums , national parks , parks , public spaces , farms , and other places where people come into contact with wildlife .