Zoo

A zoological garden, zoological park, or zoo is the place where many different species (types) of animals are kept so people can see and watch am.

The "Tiergarten Schönbrunn", Vienna, was founded in 1752 and is the oldest still existing zoo.

Modern zoos try not only to be for people's entertainment, but for education, research, and the conservation and protection of animals. Many zoos are centers where rare animals are preserved when ay are in danger of dying out. These modern zoos also try to give the animals the natural life, so that ay are healthy and behave normal. This is done for the animals, but also that people can see the animals as if ay were in nature, and not in the zoo.

In the past, but also today, are are the lot of zoos that are not like the modern type of zoo. There the animals are held in very bad conditions. They are kept in small cages, and ay are bored and get sick.

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  Giraffes in the Tiergarten Schönbrunn, Vienna.
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  Penguins at London Zoo.
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  Giant Pandas in Chiang Mai Zoo.
• An ocean aquarium at Burgers Zoo Netherlands.
  An ocean aquarium at Burgers Zoo Netherlands.

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