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A zoo (short for zoological park or zoological garden, and also called a menagerie) is a facility in which animals are confined within enclosures, displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred.
The term zoological garden refers to zoology, the study of animals, a term deriving from the Greek zōon (ζῷον, "animal") and lógos (λóγος, "study"). The abbreviation "zoo" was first used of the London Zoological Gardens, which opened for scientific study in 1828 and to the public in 1847. The number of major animal collections open to the public around the world now exceeds 1,000, around 80 percent of them in cities.
However, keeping animals in zoos raises concerns for animals rights.
Zoos typically house more wild animals than domesticated ones.
London Zoo, which opened in 1828, first called itself a menagerie or "zoological garden," which is short for "Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society of London." The abbreviation "zoo" first appeared in print in the UK around 1847, when it was used for the Clifton Zoo, but it was not until some twenty years later that the shortened form became popular in the song "Walking in the Zoo on Sunday" by music-hall artist Alfred Vance. The term "zoological park" was used for more expansive facilities in Washington, D.C., and the Bronx in New York, which opened in 1891 and 1899 respectively.
Actors: Vince Canlas (actor), Miko DeFoor (actor), Brian Stretch (actor), Robinson Vil (producer), Robinson Vil (writer), Robinson Vil (producer), Robinson Vil (director), Jennifer Sun Bell (actress), Jennifer Sun Bell (producer), Jennifer Sun Bell (actress), Jon Chaffin (actor), Mark Feldman (actor), David Calhoun (actor), Duain Richmond (actor), Della Cole (actress),
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Genres: Animation, Family,Actors: Frank Hoyt Taylor (actor), Anna Levine (actress), Chris Hajian (composer), Truman Capote (writer), Lothaire Bluteau (actor), Brooke Satrazemis (miscellaneous crew), Jack Munn (miscellaneous crew), Jane Greenwood (costume designer), T. Alloy Langenfeld (actor), Aubrey Dollar (actress), Peter Wentworth (producer), Edward Bowen (producer), April Turner (actress), Moses Gibson (actor), Cynthia Scheider (editor),
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