The Complicated World of Zoos: 9 Titles on Wild Animals in CaptivityLike this list

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• Zoo

  a History of Zoological Gardens in the West

  Baratay, Eric

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  A copiously illustrated social history of zoos that focuses more on how people have viewed wild animals and their captivity than on zoo architecture or animal care.

• Savages and Beasts

  the Birth of the Modern Zoo

  Rothfels, Nigel

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  A history of the development of modern zoo design, including discussion of the (in)famous Hagenbecks of Hamburg.

• Zoo Studies

  a New Humanities

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  "This collection immerses readers in the lives of animals and their experiences of captivity and asks us to reflect on our own assumptions about both humans and animals."

• Zoo Story

  Life in the Garden of Captives

  French, Thomas

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  An exploration of Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo, covering both its history and its current operations and administration. Also available as an eBook.

• Thought to Exist in the Wild

  Awakening From the Nightmare of Zoos

  Jensen, Derrick, 1960-

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  An illustrated indictment of zoos, their effects on animals' lives, and the cultural and psychological tendencies from which they are born and which they reinforce.

• The Rhino With Glue-on Shoes

  and Other Surprising True Stories of Zoo Vets and Their Patients

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  A popular account of zoo veterinarians and their work. Also available as an eBook.

• Zooicide

  Seeing Cruelty, Demanding Abolition

  Coe, Sue, 1951-

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  A striking graphic work that argues that zoos "are inherently cruel and that the solution is not to reform them, but to abolish them." Also available as an eBook.

• Babylon's Ark

  the Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo

  Anthony, Lawrence

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  An account of zoo animals subjected to the extreme conditions of human warfare.

• Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

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  A professional journal, offering the gritty details of caring for captive and wild animals. Available through JSTOR with a 5-year lag.