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Zeebongo: The Wacky Wild Animal Business
by: Zeehandelaar, Frederik

Story of Fred Zeehandelaar, one of the largest suppliers of exotic animals. Zeehanddelaar tells of his preoccupation with arranging passage for descendants of Noah's cargo (via airplane, ship, truck, & even ox-cart) to zoos around the world. He tells about its headaches & its joys, its facts & its fictions. B/W photos. 176 pgs.
c. 1971, H/C...$20.00
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Zoo 2000: A Look Beyond The Bars
by: Cherfas, Jeremy

Jeremy Cherfas visits a host of zoos around the world - in Europe, the US, Canada, Japan & Australia. He shows how the old menageries have given way to new concepts of animal managment, both in the application of scientific techniques to breeding, and in the development of exciting trends in zoo display which let the animals behave as naturally as possible. B/W & color photos. 244 pgs.
c. 1984, H/C...$25.00
Used, Out-Of-Print, Quantities Limited
Condition: Very Good

Zoo Adventure (Video)
A video look at several animals in different zoos.
c.1988...Video, VHS 30 min...$19.95
On Sale $13.95


Zoo Animals (Golden Nature Guide)
by: Hoffmeister, Donald

Pocket size book on identification & information about zoo mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians. Color illustrations 160 pgs.
c. 1967, S/C...$12.50
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Zoo Animals: A Smithsonian Guide
by: Robinson, Michael

Introduces readers to the modern zoo, profiling more than 250 animals and their habitats throughout the world: tropics forests, grasslands, deserts, temperate forests, coniferous forests, mountains, and polar regions. Special features reveal life in a sand dune, the survival strategies of baby animals, how zoos create an arctic environment, and other fascinating subjects. A ten-page section includes maps of 15 major zoos throughout the country. 256 pgs.
c.1995...H/C...$24.95


Zoo Animals: A Smithsonian Guide
by: Robinson, Michael

Introduces readers to the modern zoo, profiling more than 250 animals and their habitats throughout the world: tropics forests, grasslands, deserts, temperate forests, coniferous forests, mountains, and polar regions. Special features reveal life in a sand dune, the survival strategies of baby animals, how zoos create an arctic environment, and other fascinating subjects. A ten-page section includes maps of 15 major zoos throughout the country. 256 pgs.
c.1995...S/C...$18.00


Zoo Babies (Video)
A variety of baby animals as observed in several zoos with information about the babies.
c.1989...Video, VHS 30 min...$19.95
On Sale $13.95


Zoo In Camera
by: Styczynski, Jan & Zabinski, Jan

This book contains 200 brillant B/W photos & 8 fine colored plates, along with clear, concise, short authoritative text of zoological information. Great for older children as well as adults. 254 pgs.
c. 1963, H/C...$12.50
Used, Out-Of-Print, Quantities Limited
Condition: Good with dust jacket

Zoo Story
by: Brightwell, L.R.

Story of the London Zoo from 1826 through 1950.
c. 1952, H/C...$15.00
Used, Out-Of-Print, Quantities Limited


Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives
by: French, Thomas

Based on six years of research, the book follows a handful of unforgetable characters at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo. This book crackles with issues of global urgency, the shadow of extinction and humanity's role in the destruction or survival of other species. More than anything else, though, it's a dramatic and moving story of seduction and betrayal, exile and loss and the limits of freedom on an overcrowded planet - all framed inside one zoo reinventing itself for the twenty-first century. 288 pages
c. 2010, H/C... $24.99


Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives
by: French, Thomas

Based on six years of research, the book follows a handful of unforgetable characters at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo. This book crackles with issues of global urgency, the shadow of extinction and humanity's role in the destruction or survival of other species. More than anything else, though, it's a dramatic and moving story of seduction and betrayal, exile and loss and the limits of freedom on an overcrowded planet - all framed inside one zoo reinventing itself for the twenty-first century. 288 pages
c. 2010, S/C... $14.99


Zoo That Never Was
by: Lawrence, R.D.

RD Lawernce & his wife did not set out to be keepers of a wild menagerie on their farm in Ontario Canada. Their first wards were two baby raccoons, found starving on the roadside. From there it led to other orphaned, injured or abandoned animals such as a skunk, otters, porcupine, mouse, Canada goose, wood duck, snapping turtle, bear, and many many more. B/W photos. 308 pgs.
c. 1981, H/C...$20.00
Used, Out-Of-Print, Quantities Limited
Condition: Very Good with dust jacket

Zoo Was My World
by: Young, Wesley

True stories of the author's experiences as a young veterinarian in Boston, to his time in Chicago where he served as a veterinarian for the Lincoln Park Zoo & assumed directorship of the Anti-Cruelty Society; & finally to the last fifteen years when he was first Western Regional Director of the American Human Society & then as director of two Los Angels zoos. B/W photos. 128 pgs.
c. 1969, H/C...$10.00
Used, Out-Of-Print, Quantities Limited
Condition: Very Good, no dust jacket, ex-library, usual library markings


Zoo: Behind-The-Scenes Look At Animals & People Who Care For Them
by: Gold, Don

Story of the personnel at the Lincoln Park Zoo & their day to day activities. 405 pgs.
c.1988...H/C...$18.95


Zoo: Profiles of 102 Zoos, Aquariums, and Wildlife: Parks in the United States
by: Marshall, Anthony

Written by a lifelong conservationist and member of the board of the New York Zoological Society, this charming and indispensable handbook contains in-depth profiles of zoos, aquariums, and wildlife parks around the country, including their histories, travel and ecotourism possibilities, and roles today. 318 pgs.
c.1994...S/C...$12.00


Zoo: The Modern Ark
by: Page, Jake

Photographs and text featuring zoos around the world and preservation of animals.
c.1990...H/C...$35.00


Zoos & Aquariums Of The World
Edited

Addresses of zoos & aquariums. Off-print from volume 34 of the International Zoo Yearbook series. 97 pgs. (Pages 249-346 of IZY 34).
c.1995...S/C...$24.95


Zoos Of The World: The Story of Animals in Captivity
by: Fisher, James
Inside info on zoos, animal behavior, breeding animals in captivity, health. 253 pgs.
c. 1966...H/C...$55.00
Used, Out-Of-Print, Hard To Find, Quantities Limited


Zoos Of The World
by: Halmi, Robert

A history of zoos & a survey of zoos throughout the world today. 117 pgs.
c. 1975, H/C...$20.00
Used, Out-Of-Print, Quantities Limited


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