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2 unusual facts about Zoo


Butler's Hill

The nearby Broomhill park was the former site of Sherwood Zoo, which went bankrupt in 1976

Hannover Zoo

Hannover-Zoo is the name of a district of the city of Hanover.


Black-footed cat

Wuppertal Zoo acquired black-footed cats as long ago as 1957, and succeeded in breeding them in 1963.

Brazzaville Zoo

His first documentation came when Jane Goodall visited the zoo in 1990, and saw that Gregoire was suffering from dire malnutrition and severe skin infections.

Breitscheidplatz

Breitscheidplatz can be reached by S-Bahn via the Bahnhof Zoo station (S 5, S 7, S 75, S 9) as well as by U-Bahn via Bahnhof Zoo (U 2, U 9) and Kurfürstendamm stations (U 1, U 9).

Calgary Zoo

The AZA, WAZA, and CAZA accredited zoo was among the first in Canada to be accredited by all three associations.

Carkeek Park

The park went through a few themes over years, from outdoor performance venue, to farm for zoo animal feed, to pasturage rental, to park with WPA Civilian Conservation Corps construction (1933-–36, removed in 1938), to U.S. Army camp (just in 1942), to sewage treatment plant (over vigorous opposition by neighborhoods groups).

Chiang Mai Zoo

Their daughter Lin Bing was born at the zoo on 27 May 2009, and will be returned to China when she is two years old.

Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden

In 1987, parts of the zoo were designated as a National Historic Landmark, the Cincinnati Zoo Historic Structures, due to their significant architecture featured in the Elephant House, the Reptile House, and the Passenger Pigeon Memorial.

Citizens Lobbying for Animals in Zoos

After raising over $250,000 through the Roseville Bear Relocation Fund the zoo was closed and its last remaining residents, two 20 year old Black Bears who were born at UC Davis and had lived 21 years at Royer Park, were successfully relocated to Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary.

E. R. Sanborn

The Bronx Zoo, led by Hornaday and the American Bison Society raised a small herd for reintroduction to their home range.

Funds for Endangered Parrots

The venue in 2000 was the bird show at Achern, in 2001 the DEU-BE-LUX bird show at Bitburg, in 2002 the bird show at Bielefeld-Senne, in 2003 the bird show at Coburg, in 2004 the Walsrode Bird Park, in 2005 the Ornithea bird show in the Porz suburb of Cologne, in 2006 the NiederRheinPark Plantaria at Kevelaer and in 2007 Leipzig Zoo.

Galaxy Zoo

The third iteration of the project, launched in April 2010, Galaxy Zoo: Hubble, used Hubble Space Telescope survey data.

Gillian Avery

Characters from The Warden's Niece reappear in The Elephant War (1960), about the attempt to prevent sale of Jumbo by the London Zoo to P. T. Barnum, and in The Italian Spring (1962).

Greater Flamingo

In Zoo Basel's breeding program over 400 birds have been hatched with an average of between 20 and 27 per year since 2000.

Hagenbeck

Carl Hagenbeck (1844–1913), German animal dealer, zoo- and circus-director

Hill Top, Cumbria

In 2007 a replica of Hill Top was built in a children's zoo near the grounds of Daito Bunka University in Tokyo, Japan.

Human 2.0

"Resistance" uses a quote from the movie The Matrix: "I hate this place. This zoo. This prison. This reality, whatever you want to call it, I can't stand it any longer."

Incidents at European amusement parks

The Daily Mail reported that riders of Rameses Revenge were left stranded at a 40° angle, and that some riders of Safari Skyway trains near the zoo were lowered using ladders and a cherry picker.

Kenneth Allen

Ken Allen (1971–2000), name given to a Bornean orangutan at the San Diego Zoo

Kiev Zoo

During the 1940s (World War II), Kiev was occupied by the Nazi forces, and the zoo was being used by the German garrison.

Kosik

Kwon Su-wan, director of the zoo in Seoul, said: "We plan to conduct further studies with keepers, veterinarians and scientists on whether Kosik understands the meaning of these words as he speaks them."

Lahore Zoo

In early November 2010, Lahore Zoo received 53 falcons which were being illegally transported to Qatar from Benazir Bhutto International Airport.

Lüneburg Heath Wildlife Park

The Lüneburg Heath Wildlife Park hosted the zoo documentary series, Weiches Fell und scharfe Krallen ("Soft fur, sharp claws"), produced by the German TV company, NDR.

Making Dens

Tracks on the album include previous singles "Alas Agnes", "You Can't Fool Me Dennis" and "Zoo Time" (the last two of which have been re-recorded).

Mandai Road

The road is the main access to the Singapore Zoo and the Night Safari, thus it is common to refer to the zoos as the "Mandai Zoo".

Morning zoo

The first morning zoo program, focusing on the zany interactions of two hosts, was conceived and performed by Scott Shannon and Cleveland Wheeler of WRBQ-FM in Tampa, Florida, known as Q105 FM.

Nehru Zoological Park

Nehru Zoological Park (also known as Hyderabad Zoo or Zoo Park) is a zoo located near Mir Alam Tank in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Nicole Duplaix

She discovered her passion for otters while volunteering at the Bronx Zoo, where the zoo's curator introduced her to these endangered sea and river mammals.

Pairi Daiza

The "ship" also includes the zoo's rescue center for animals such as pythons, boas, iguanas, turtles, and alligators which were handed over or abandoned by former owners who could no longer care for them.

Papanack Park Zoo

A number of animals at the zoo have been shown in the children's documentary, Zaboomafoo, featuring Chris Kratt and Martin Kratt.

Pt. G.B. Pant High Altitude Zoo, Nainital

G.B. Pant High Altitude Zoo is a high altitude zoo situated in Nainital, Uttarakhand.

Qkumba Zoo

Qkumba Zoo was a dance music trio from Johannesburg, South Africa, consisting of vocalist Levannah, dancer/sculptor Tziki and musician/producer Owl.

Ram Brahma Sanyal

Sanyal was chosen to assist three Europeans including Carl Louis Schwendler, one of the honorary governors and original donator of the zoo's starting stock.

Sandish Compound

Sandy's Compound is a 30 year old park and zoo located in Khanjarpur, Bhagalpur City, Bihar, near Jaiprakash Narayan, Udyan.

Simon Beale

Simon's radio career included being the voice of Roger Wilde on the Kiss 100 Dangerous Breakfast Show with Dave Pearce and Sarah HB, launching The Morning Zoo on Invicta FM with Neil Francis, (which he co-presented between from 1995 and 1997) and covering weekend shows on Virgin Radio in 2002.

Southwick's Zoo

There are many other animal exhibits on zoo grounds, such as Binturongs, Capybara, Brazilian Tapirs, White Rhinos, an American Alligator, and more.

Super ZZT

Like its predecessor, Super ZZT was essentially a game creation system with a few games packaged with it, which included Lost Forest, Monster Zoo, and Proving Grounds.

Taz: Wanted

Suddenly, the two see a large shadow in the sky, and the two are captured by Yosemite Sam, held captive in Sam's Zoo, otherwise known as Yosemite Zoo.

Thomas Hauert

In 2010, the Belgian director Thierry De Mey created a film co-produced by European cultural television channel Arte, based on the ZOO’s work Accords.

Tiergarten Schönbrunn

The zoo is a filming location for the ORF series Tom Turbo, which is based on a series of children's books by Thomas Brezina.

Top Room at the Zoo

Top Room at the Zoo is the debut independently released album by English musician Lucy Spraggan.

Twycross Zoo

After the purchase of the Grange, Badham and Evans converted the 12 acres of gardens, outbuildings, stables and farm buildings into a zoo.

Typhoon Saturday

Formed in 1981 from the ashes of Worksop band Veiled Threat, singer Elaine McLeod, Bassist Derek Taylor and drummer Nigel Fitzpatrick recruited Nick Robinson on guitar to form Red Zoo.

White rhinoceros

They are a female named Nola (b. 1974, on loan from 1989 from ZOO Dvůr Králové) and a male named Angalifu (b. 1974, on loan from 1990 from Khartoum Zoo in Khartoum).

Woodland Park Zoo

Other highlight animals at Woodland Park Zoo include Sumatran Tigers (which have bred several times in the past years), a Raptor Center and accompanying flight demonstration, and lowland anoa.

Zoo Licensing Act 1981

The Zoo Licensing Act 1981 (1981 c. 37) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom.

Zoo zéro

Zoo zéro is a 1979 French film directed by Alain Fleischer and starring Klaus Kinski.


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