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A history of American zoos, this work examines the meaning of nature in the city by looking at the ways zoos have assembled and displayed their animal collections.

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With the animals and some humans dictating the anecdotes, this volume highlights a quarter of a century of behind-the-scenes life at Taronga Zoo in Sydney and Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo. It presents the facts and life lessons that zoo animals provide for visiting children.

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A biography of the naturalist and conservationist Gerald Durrell, who died aged 70 in January 1995 in Jersey, where he founded the zoo he'd dreamed of as a small boy and pioneered the captive breeding of animals for conservation.

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"Published in association with the National Museum of American History Kenneth E. Behring Center"--Title page.