Zoos

Gladiator Venator fighting a wild boar.

The Versailles menagerie during the reign of Louis XIV.

A painting of the London Zoo in 1835.

The monkey cage at London Zoo in 1835 (Lithography by George Scharf).

Artists at the Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes (Painting from 1902).

Zoologischer Garten. Gemälde von August Macke.

Palmenhaus auf der Pfaueninsel bei Potsdam, Carl Blechen, 1832–1834.

"Papageienallee" by Max Liebermann.

Ota Benga, a human exhibit, in 1906.

Kaiser Wilhelm II. besichtigt 1909 eine Gruppe Äthiopier bei einer Völkerschau im Tierpark Hagenbeck.

Johann Geyer: Das Innere einer Tierbude, 1835; Öl auf Leinwand, 56,3×70,3 cm; Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig.

Lion displayed by New York Zoological Society, 1905.

Tasmanian wolf at zoo in Washington D.C., 1902.

King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) at Edinburgh Zoo.

Giraffes being fed by visitors in the West Midlands Safari Park.

Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) in a landscape immersion exhibit at Zurich Zoo, Switzerland.

View of Tiergarten Schönbrunn in Vienna.

Giraffes at Tiergarten Schönbrunn in Vienna, the former Habsburg menagerie.

The Pavilion of the Habsburg menagerie, the contemporary Tiergarten Schönbrunn, constructed by Jean-Nicolas Jadot de Ville-Issey in 1759.

Sleeping California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) at Berlin Zoo.

Panorama exhibit at Tierpark Hagenbeck constructed at the beginning of the twentieth century.

One of the rarest species in a zoo or public aquarium is the Amazon River Dolphin (picture from Duisburg Zoo).

Liebling der Medien: Eisbärbaby Knut im Alter von drei Monaten.

Gray wolf (Canis lupus) at Skandinavisk Dyrepark, Denmark.

Przewalski's Horses (Equus ferus przewalskii) at Prague Zoo (Czech Republic), part of an international captive breeding program.

Eingangstor Zoo Antwerpen, gegründet 1843.

Wüstenlandschaft im Burgers’ Zoo, Arnheim.

Butterflies feeding in Emmen Zoo, the Netherlands.

Visitors feeding and petting tamed marmots at the Parc Animalier des Pyrenées.

Chimpanzee in Warsaw Zoo in June 2006.
Schimpanse im Zoo von Warschau / Juni 2006.

Aquarium with a dolphin at the Barcelona Zoo.
Golfinho no zoológico de Barcelona, Espanha.

Zoologico de Barcelona. Exposición de Gorilas Copito de Nieve.

Grullas africanas en el Loro Parque, Tenerife.

Tiere im Tierpark Herberstein (Österreich).

Fütterung der Robben im Tierpark Hagenbeck.

Blick auf die Dromedarwiesen im Tierpark Berlin.

Okapi's in Berlijner dierentuin.

Kotlina dinozaurów – Śląski Ogród Zoologiczny w Chorzowie.

Flusspferdhaus im Zoologischen Garten Berlin.

Rinocerontes no zoológico de Budapeste.

Penguins at London Zoo.
Pinguins no zoológico de Londres.

Fêmea de Tigre e seu filhote no Amersfoort Zoo.

Leopard in Colchester Zoo, UK.

The South East Asian tank at Bristol Zoo, England.

Białe nosorożce w Nowym Zoo w Poznaniu.

Małpa – ZOO w Bydgoszczy.

Indian Rhinoceros at Whipsnade Zoo.

The celebrity polar bear Knut was raised by hand at the Zoological Garden in Berlin.

Bears in the Bärengraben in Berne (Switzerland).

Two pot-bellied pigs sleeping at the "Quintinha" (Little Farm), Lisbon Zoo. This is a place aimed at the education of school children.

Antelope House in Berlin Zoological Garden.

The Oceanarium in Lisbon, Portugal.

The exterior of the Boudewijn Seapark dolphinarium in Bruges, Belgium.

The Festa Dolphinarium in Varna, Bulgaria.

Aquarium exterieur de la Citadelle de Besançon.

Aquarium du Lac du Bourget à Aix-les-Bains.

Rain forest hall at Vogelpark Walsrode.
Serre tropicale au Parc ornithologique de Walsrode.

Penguins at Loro Parque.
Manchots au Parc des Perroquets à Ténérife.

Siberian Tiger at the Aalborg Zoo, Denmark.

Damhirschgehege in Schmallenberg.

Das Affenhaus im Zoo Neuwied.

Aquarium des Berliner Zoos.

Großer Panda „Bao Bao“ im Zoologischen Garten Berlin.

Elefantenhaus im Tierpark Hellabrunn.

Two giraffes at Safaripark Beekse Bergen, Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands standing near a car.

Zebras and giraffes in Burgers Zoo, Arnhem, Netherlands.
Zèbres et girafes au Burgers Zoo, à Arnhem, aux Pays-Bas.

Gorilla at London Zoo.
Gorille au Zoo de Londres.

Zoological Center of Tel Aviv-Ramat Gan.

Gorilla in the Zoological Center of Tel Aviv-Ramat Gan.

African Penguin in the Zoological Center of Tel Aviv-Ramat Gan.

Lake and animals at Ramat Gan Safari, Israel.

Lions at the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa.

View over a portion of the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa with Pretoria in the background.

Main entrance of San Diego Zoo.

Panda Gao Gao, San Diego Zoo.

Panda Xiao Liwu, San Diego Zoo.

Nairobi-Dorf im San Diego Wild Animal Park.

Oregon Zoo maintains a successful breeding program for Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus).

Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) at Smithsonian National Zoological Park.

Tiger at New York's Bronx Zoo, one of the first that made conservation its major aim.

A Sumatran Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) wallows in the mud at Cincinnati Zoo.

The "Ocean Voyager Tunnel" at Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta.

Butterfly zoo ("Monsanto Insectarium") at Saint Louis Zoo.

Stereotypic behavior of an Asian Elephant at San Diego Zoo.

Bears (Ursus arctos) in at San Francisco Zoo.

An Asian Elephant in Denver Zoo manipulating a suspended ball provided as environmental enrichment.

Spectacled Caimans (Caiman crocodilus) at the Herpetarium in Saint Louis Zoological Park.

Blue-and-yellow Macaw (also known as the Blue-and-gold Macaw) with bird handler at San Diego Zoo, USA.

1904 Flight Cage, St. Louis Zoo.

An orca performs as "Shamu" at SeaWorld San Diego.

A 335,000 U.S. gallon (1.3 million litre) aquarium at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California displaying a simulated kelp forest ecosystem.

Picture of a male Whale Shark at Georgia Aquarium.

Orca dolphins performing in Shamu stadium at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida.

The Brookfield Zoo dolphinarium in Chicago.

"Little Kids" Children's Zoo, St. Louis Zoo.

A pygmy goat being fed crackers at the Akron Zoo.

Animal in the nocturnal house at the Calgary Zoo.

Paper Kite attracted to black & white, Monsanto Insectarium.

Butterfly Zoo, Monsanto Insectarium.

Georgia Aquarium Tropical Tank.
Aquarium tropical, Aquarium de Georgie à Atlanta aux États-Unis.

Beluga Whales (Delphinapterus leucas) at the Georgia Aquarium.
Bélugas (Delphinapterus leucas), Aquarium de Georgie à Atlanta aux États-Unis.

Jellyfish in the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Méduses de l'Aquarium de la baie de Monterey en Californie.

Interior view of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey County, California, USA.
Méduses à l'intérieur de l'Aquarium de la baie de Monterey en Californie.

Beluga whale at the Vancouver Aquarium.

Giants of the Savanna Exhibit at the Dallas Zoo, Texas, October 2011.

A jaguar statue in Rio de Janeiro's Zoological Garden.

The old style elephant enclosure at Rio de Janeiro Zoo (Brazil).

Haupteingang des Zoos von Rio de Janeiro.

Zoológico de São Paulo, um dos maiores do mundo.

Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) at Lahore Zoo, Pakistan.

Entrance to Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo (Japan), established 1882.

Spacious walk-in aviary at Jurong BirdPark in Singapore.

Tigres blancos en el Zoo de Singapur.

Oso panda en el zoo de Chiang Mai.

Panda enclosure at Chiang Mai Zoo.

Siberian tiger at Beijing Zoo.
Tigre sibérien au Zoo de Pékin.

Pandahaus im Zoo von Peking.

Bears at the Himalayan zoo in Gangtok.
Ursos no zoológico do Himalaia em Gangtok.

A Syrian brown bear at the Dehiwala Zoo in Sri Lanka.

Zebra at Chiang Mai Night Safari, Thailand.

Emperor Tamarin (Saguinus imperator) at Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens, Hong Kong.

Dada Panchal, of the Lok Biradari Prakalp nursing a monitor lizard at the Amte's Animal Arc.

Dolphin show at Aquarium of Eno-shima.
Spectacle de dauphin à l'Aquarium de Eno-shima.

White tiger, Taman Safari in Cisarua, West Java, Indonesia.

Tiger at Night Safari, Singapore.

A Malayan tiger swimming in Zoo Negara, Malaysia.

A blue-and-yellow Macaw at Lahore Zoo, Pakistan.

A golden pheasant in Lahore Zoo, Pakistan.

Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) in Sydney's Taronga Zoo in 2002.

Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis), Melbourne Zoo, Australia.
Girafe (Giraffa camelopardalis), Zoo de Melbourne (Australie).

Zoo keeper with Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor) at Melbourne Zoo.

Zookeepers with a cheetah at Australia Zoo.

A Sulphur-crested Cockatoo with bird handler at Australia Zoo.

Feeding time at the Melbourne Aquarium draws a large crowd.

Lioness behind a wire mesh at the Werribee Open Range Zoo.

Steve Irwin feeding a crocodile at Australia Zoo.
Steve Irwin nourrissant un crocodile dans un zoo en Australie.