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A snow leopard at Marwell Zoo, England.
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Louis XVI in a 1786 portrait by Antoine-Francois Callet
Louis XVI kept a menagerie at the Palace of Versailles.
Musée Carnavalet, Histoire de Paris (P2174)
Jumbo's skeleton
Poster from P.T. Barnum & Co.'s Greatest Show on Earth showing Jumbo's skeleton on...
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Winnie the Pooh, with Christopher Robin and Piglet.
E.H. Shepherd drew A.A. Milne's famous characters for the 1926 publication, “Winnie...
From Winnie-The-Pooh by A.A. Milne, 1926
Carl Hagenbeck (1844-1913).
Hagenbeck was a German animal dealer and trainer.
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A zoo tiger
Should zoos exist?
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A reticulated giraffe.
A reticulated giraffe eats leaves in a South Florida zoo.
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Abdim's stork.
Lincoln Park Zoo.
© Richard Pallardy
Leafcutter ants.
Como Park Zoo and Conservatory.
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Asian elephants.
Copenhagen Zoo.
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Australian black swans.
Marwell Zoo.
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Australian pelican.
Taronga Zoo.
© Richard Pallardy
Baboons.
Nuremberg Zoo.
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Black-breasted leaf turtle.
Minnesota Zoo.
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Blanding's turtle.
Minnesota Zoo.
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Capybara.
Zoo Zurich.
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Caribou.
Minnesota Zoo.
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Siberian chipmunks.
Marwell Zoo.
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Colobus monkeys
Singapore Zoo.
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Marsh crocodile.
Peshawar Zoo.
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Dolphin
Brookfield Zoo.
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Dwarf mongoose.
Marwell Zoo.
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Western Long Beaked Echidna.
A Moscow zoo.
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Little Penguin.
Perth Zoo.
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Caribbean flamingos.
San Diego Zoo.
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Giraffe
Lincoln Park Zoo.
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Goats.
Zoologischer Garten Zoo.
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Grevy's Zebra.
Marwell Zoo.
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Inca Terns.
Bronx Zoo.
© Richard Pallardy
Japanese badger.
Inokashira Park Zoo.
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Koala
Sydney Zoo.
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Konodo Dragon.
Waikiki Zoo.
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Barbary Lion.
Hanover Zoo.
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Blue and Yellow Macaws.
National Zoological Park.
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Muscovy duck
A zoo in Porto Alegre.
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Numbat.
Perth Zoo.
© Martin Pot
Orangutan.
Smithsonian National Zoo.
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Painted storks.
National Zoological Park.
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Giant Panda.
Chiang Mai Zoo.
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Pygmy Hippopotamus.
Marwell Zoo.
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Pygmy Hog.
Assam State Zoo.
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Pygmy Marmoset.
Marwell Zoo.
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Red River Hog.
Toronto Zoo.
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Sea Lion.
Central Park Zoo.
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Red-Eared Slider Turtle.
A South Dakota zoo.
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Cotton-Top Tamarin Monkey.
Drayton Manor Theme Park and Zoo.
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Tasmanian Devil.
Taronga Zoo.
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Tiger.
National Zoological Park.
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Tufted Deer.
Como Park Zoo and Conservatory.
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Violaceous Jay.
Miranda Zoo.
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Visayan Warty Pig.
Minnesota Zoo.
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Yellow Mongoose.
Marwell Zoo.
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