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The HSUS was one of the first national animal welfare organizations to take a long, hard look at all zoos, including roadside menageries. During the last nine years, we have worked intensively, conducting zoo inspections, public education and awareness programs, and developing a working relationship with the professional zoological community as well as U.S. Government agencies charged with the welfare of animals.

Lebensräume schützen statt Wildtiere einsperren 800 zoologische Einrichtungen ziehen in Deutschland jährlich rd. 45 Mio. Besucher an, und bis heute zähle ich auch dazu. Allerdings muss ich zugeben, dass mich schon lange das Gefühl beschleicht, dass Wildtiere ein anderes Leben verdient hätten. Eingesperrt hinter Gittern, Zäunen oder Glasscheiben fristen sie zumeist ein Leben, das ihrem …
"Zoos sind keine Arche Noah" weiterlesen
Der Beitrag Zoos sind keine Arche Noah erschien zuerst auf Deutschland-geliebte-Bananenrepublik.de.

"Visiting the zoo is often a joyful part of childhood. Some people say that zoos help educate people about animals and can help with conservation. Other people say that animals should be able to live in the wild. Young readers may have never considered this issue before, so learning the arguments and facts can help open their mind to new ideas about a familiar situation. This book provides readers with tools-including clear arguments, fact boxes, and a graphic organizer-to make their own informed opinion on the topic of zoo animals. Readers will gain a deep understanding of the topic in this introduction to critical thinking"--

This short piece tells the story of the Israeli occupation through the relationship between two zoos: the Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem and the Qalqilya Zoo in the West Bank. Despite the insistence by all interviewees that the zoos' animals exist beyond the contentious politics of this place, this essay demonstrates that the two zoos are deeply entangled in hegemonic relations. The Israelis have the animals, the professional means, and the education. And as they give, take, and educate their Palestinian counterparts, they also create and enforce the proper conservation standards, thereby controlling the meaning of care for zoo animals, both in Israel and in Palestine. In effect, the Israeli gaze penetrates beyond the formal Israel/Palestine border. Instead of a straightforward story about sustaining wildlife, the control of zoo animals is a form of postcolonial ecology: an indirect penetration of the nation-state through nongovernmental means and in the name of conservation.

Both the style and content of zoo graphics have evolved over the years to reflect changes in thought about what zoos should communicate to their visitors and changes in the perception of visitors' behavior. Styles of graphics have evolved through the "Ages of Graphics" to the present-day "minimal" stage of sleek, high-quality materials. Modern graphics communicate the agenda of zoos within a broad social context and are more conducive to experiential learning than are the graphics of the past. The evaluation of zoo signage has focused typically on the efficacy of a sign in communicating a direction or thought. Future evaluation needs to consider the nature of visitors' interactive experiences within the zoo setting and implement these findings in graphic designs.