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- noun Plural form of
zoo .
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Examples
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"We feel that these new guidelines are a good thing because they could improve the welfare of animals in zoos and help standardize the conduct at zoos," Sun said.
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Here's a plan -- let's continue to destroy habitat and species, and we'll collect what's left and put them in zoos, so we can wheel our kids through in strollers and point out all the funny animals that their parents have eradicated in the wild.
The greatest show on earth Tom Toles 2010
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I wonder what PETA would think if all lions in zoos were fed live bait?
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The captive breeding programs in zoos are a good thing, at least that is what I always thought.
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However, I am strongly against keeping animals in zoos, breeding pets, using animals in circuses or on television, movies, and commercials, and trophy hunting, as none of these activities are necessary to survival, and are superflous and detrimental to us as people, and to the animals as well.
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In his 1955 book The psychology and behaviour of captive animals in zoos and circuses (Dover, 1968), he wrote (italics mine): Apart from sleep, animals have a special kind of rest, a sort of semi-resting, called dozing.
Archive 2009-03-01 AYDIN 2009
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I wonder what PETA would think if all lions in zoos were fed live bait?
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Or killer whales in zoos -- those things are supposed to swim 200 miles a day.
People Got a Lottta Nerve The Nag 2009
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BEIJING — Performing animals in Chinese zoos and parks are often trained using abusive practices, including routine beatings, and are housed in inadequate shelters, according to a report by a Hong Kong-based animal welfare group released Monday.
Chinese Zoos Routinely Beat And Abuse Performing Animals, Animals Asia Foundation Reports 2010
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BEIJING mdash; Performing animals in Chinese zoos and parks are often trained using abusive practices, including routine beatings, and are housed in inadequate shelters, according ...
Chinese Zoos Routinely Beat And Abuse Performing Animals, Animals Asia Foundation Reports 2010
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