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Zoos Books
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The One and Only Ivan (The One and Only, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.27 — 211,427 ratings — published 2012
The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.49 — 92,040 ratings — published 2007
A Sick Day for Amos McGee (Caldecott Medal Winner)
by (shelved 12 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.26 — 21,892 ratings — published 2010
Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,231 ratings — published 2010
Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.32 — 4,665 ratings — published 2007
Good Night, Gorilla (Board book)
by (shelved 8 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.24 — 51,999 ratings — published 1994
West With Giraffes (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.32 — 202,555 ratings — published 2021
Belly Up (FunJungle, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.21 — 16,602 ratings — published 2010
The Rhino with Glue-On Shoes: And Other Surprising True Stories of Zoo Vets and their Patients (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.98 — 1,680 ratings — published 2007
The Opposite Zoo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.62 — 501 ratings — published 2016
We Bought a Zoo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.54 — 8,117 ratings — published 2008
Amos McGee Misses the Bus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.17 — 696 ratings — published 2021
Xander's Panda Party (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,519 ratings — published 2013
My Heart Is Like a Zoo: A Story About Feelings, Emotions, and Self-Expression (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.02 — 2,654 ratings — published 2009
Wild About Books (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.18 — 4,906 ratings — published 2004
Zoo Nebraska: The Dismantling of an American Dream (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.63 — 3,769 ratings — published 2019
Fierce Kingdom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.52 — 24,937 ratings — published 2017
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.49 — 10,709 ratings — published 2015
The Zoo on the Road to Nablus: A Story of Survival from the West Bank (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.63 — 83 ratings — published 2008
The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.58 — 10,055 ratings — published 2010
The Modern Ark: The Story of Zoos: Past, Present, and Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.88 — 66 ratings — published 1951
Sailing With Noah: Stories from the World of Zoos (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.23 — 69 ratings — published 2006
The Peaceable Kingdom: A Year in the Life of America's Oldest Zoo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.20 — 54 ratings — published 1988
Cubs in the Tub: The True Story of the Bronx Zoo's First Woman Zookeeper (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.21 — 509 ratings — published 2020
The Elephant's Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,174 ratings — published 2020
What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.12 — 456 ratings — published 2017
Oh No, Bobo!: You're in Trouble (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.63 — 126 ratings — published 2019
Hippopotamister (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,312 ratings — published 2016
Zoobreak (Swindle, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.96 — 6,041 ratings — published 2009
Ida, Always (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.50 — 2,754 ratings — published 2016
Splat and the Cool School Trip (Splat the Cat)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.68 — 504 ratings — published 2013
New Worlds, New Animals: From Menagerie to Zoological Park in the Nineteenth Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.92 — 12 ratings — published 1996
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,759,747 ratings — published 2001
Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,985 ratings — published 2014
Animal Strike at the Zoo. It's True! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.93 — 655 ratings — published 2006
Where's Walrus? And Penguin? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.95 — 650 ratings — published 2015
The Koala of Death (A Gunn Zoo Mystery, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.76 — 739 ratings — published 2010
The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents Macbeth (Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,336 ratings — published 2014
The Anteater of Death (A Gunn Zoo Mystery, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.73 — 1,123 ratings — published 2008
What's New? The Zoo!: A Zippy History of Zoos (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.66 — 175 ratings — published 2014
The Secret Zoo (The Secret Zoo, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.10 — 7,715 ratings — published 2007
Fraidyzoo: A Picture Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.09 — 887 ratings — published 2013
The Escape of Marvin the Ape (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.11 — 297 ratings — published 1992
Jungle Jack: My Wild Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.23 — 300 ratings — published 2008
“What if zoos stopped breeding all their animals, with the possible exception of any endangered species with a real chance of being re-released into the wild? What if they sent all the animals that need really large areas or lots of freedom and socialization to refuges? With apes, elephants, big cats, and other large and smart species gone, they could expand enclosures for the rest of the animals, concentrating on keeping them lavishly happy until their natural deaths. Eventually, the only animals on display would be a few ancient holdovers from the old menageries, some animals in active conservation breeding programs, and perhaps a few rescues.
Such 'zoos' might even be merged with sanctuaries, places that take wild animal that -- because injury or a lifetime of captivity -- cannot live in the wild. Existing refuges, like Wolf Haven, often do allow visitors, but not all animal are on the tour, just those who seem like it. Their facilities are really arranged for the animals, not for the people. These refuge-zoos could become places where animal live not in order to be on display, but in order to live. Display would be incidental.”
― Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World
Such 'zoos' might even be merged with sanctuaries, places that take wild animal that -- because injury or a lifetime of captivity -- cannot live in the wild. Existing refuges, like Wolf Haven, often do allow visitors, but not all animal are on the tour, just those who seem like it. Their facilities are really arranged for the animals, not for the people. These refuge-zoos could become places where animal live not in order to be on display, but in order to live. Display would be incidental.”
― Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World
“Wolves as symbols of wilderness are so culturally important that we humans will go to great lengths to protect the species purity, even if doing so involves restricting the freedom of actual animals. Wildness is often defined as that which is not controlled, but paradoxically, in order to protect the 'wildness' of the wolf gene pool, individual wolves must be controlled.”
― Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World
― Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World
