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| | Zoo -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | A zoological garden, or zoo for short, is a place where wild (A living organism characterized by voluntary movement) animals are encaged in an artificial environment and exhibited to the public. |
 | | Over time, the mission of zoos has shifted from simply displaying exotic animals, to scientific study, and, later, to breeding them, and in particular maintaining populations of animals that are (Click link for more info and facts about endangered) endangered or even extinct in the wild. |
 | | The first scientific zoological garden in the modern world was founded in (The capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center) London in 1828. |
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