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zoo

[zoo] / zu /
NOUN
parklike area in where animals are housed for exhibition
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NOUN
crowded, wild, and chaotic place
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"I think they inspire happiness," zoo visitor Rachel Totts told AFP on Friday.

From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026

Ben Supple, deputy chief executive of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland which runs the zoo, said this was only part of the solution.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Still, devotees of John Waters, Sean Baker, Todd Solondz and the Safdie brothers will sense that DeFalco is a kindred spirit, a filmmaker with an open-minded curiosity about the rowdier parts of the human zoo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Nolan Busalacchi, founder of an independent record label and media company focused on Milwaukee-based artists, had helped Foenem make the zoo video for “Milwaukee County Zoo” that features him dancing on the grounds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

"We can come to the petting zoo right now. Can't we, Dad?"

From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene

Vantara's intake accelerated in 2019, and during the Covid-19 pandemic, when tourism stalled and zoos struggled.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

The incident comes after a number of other animal attacks at zoos and wildlife parks in Europe.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

The numbers of pandas in U.S. zoos climbed through the mid-2010s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

He has also been fascinated by reptiles for most of his life and has long supported zoos, museums, and natural history.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

A plague upon bad zoos with bad enclosures!

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel


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