zoo

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.

For more information about zoo check the Wikipedia article here

ZME Science posts about zoo

Tiger kills Lion in Turkish zoo

Wed, Mar 9, 2011

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This is one of the most disgusting things I’ve come across lately, and it shows just how much lack of responsibility and sheer ignorance people can have. A bengal tiger from the Turkish capital of Ankara killed a lion that was in a cage next to him, after finding a gap in the fence separating [...]

lion, tiger, zoo

Whale fossil found at the San Diego zoo

Sat, Sep 18, 2010

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Well this is definitely not your average fossil hunt, by any standards. The excavating team was doing it’s thing, just as in any other day, when they heard a weird scraping sound. Gino Calvano, a paleontologist at the San Diego Natural History Museum was nearby, heard the sound, and headed straight towards the point of [...]

whales, zoo

Lion, Tiger and Bear share impressing friendship

Sun, Jan 24, 2010

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They’ve known each other basically all their lives, but the early days weren’t happy at all. Found during a police raid at the home of a drug lord, Leo, Shere Khan and Baloo tied an extremely unusual bond. They now live their peaceful lives together in the habitat built specifically for them at Noah’s Ark [...]

bear, friendship, habitat, lion, tiger, zoo