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 Garden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Food-producing gardens are distinguished from farms by their smaller scale, more labor-intensive methods, and their purpose (enjoyment of a hobby rather than produce for sale); this distinction is not always clear-cut, however.
A botanical garden is a type of garden where a wide variety of plants are grown both for scientific purposes and for the enjoyment and education of visitors.
A zoological garden, or zoo for short, is a place where wild animals are cared for and exhibited to the public.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Garden   (458 words)

  
 Zoological Garden, Chongqing, Regent Tour China   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Chongqing Zoological Garden is situated in the western suburbs of Chongqing.
An artificial lake is built at the foot of hills, with all kinds of birds either flying above or resting on the lake, and the plants on the island in the middle of the lake are strikingly verdant.
This attraction is the largest zoological garden in southwest China and one of the largest in the whole country.
www.regenttour.com /chinaplanner/ckg/cq-sights-zoological.htm   (196 words)

  
 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.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/z/zo/zoo.htm   (875 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - zoological garden (Zoology: General) - Encyclopedia
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zoological garden or zoo, public or private park where living animals are kept for exhibition and study.
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 Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens - Background   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens (HKZBG) is located on the northern slope of Victoria Peak with a highest point of 100 metres and a lowest point of 62 metres above sea level.
HKZBG, occupies an area of 5.6 hectares was founded in 1871 as a Botanic Garden and renamed in 1975 as Botanical and Zoological Gardens to reflect the increased commitments to zoological exhibits.
The eastern part of the Garden is known as the Old Garden where a Children's Playground, Aviaries, Jaguar Enclosure, Green House and a Fountain Terrace Garden are found.
www.lcsd.gov.hk /parks/hkzbg/en/index.php   (195 words)

  
 kunming zoological garden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
nming Zoological Garden is situated on the summit of Luofengshan Hill in the northeast of the city of Kunming.
The Kunming Zoological Garden is a multipurpose garden mainly for exhibiting animals and also for displaying various flowers and plants.
The zoological areas have been designed to be interlocked with areas of flowers and plants so that people can watch the animals while viewing and admiring flowers, enjoying wonderful scenes wherever they saunter in the garden.
chinaguides.shanghai-window.com /destination/yunnan/kunming/zoo.htm   (373 words)

  
 Zurich Zoological Garden --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Heavily oriented toward scientific research, the zoo has an animal behaviour laboratory and an aquarium and is closely affiliated with a library and a zoological museum.
By visiting botanical gardens or arboretums, city dwellers can discover a part of the natural world to which they ordinarily have no access, escape from the pressure of dense urban population, and perhaps even develop new interests and hobbies having to do with the natural environment.
Soprano Mary Garden was famous for her vivid operatic portrayals.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9078503?tocId=9078503   (863 words)

  
 ZOO BRNO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A zoological garden is considered to be an integral part of social and educational life of every city.
The mission of the Brno zoological garden according to the European association of zoological gardens and aquariums is not only to save and increase the number of animal species in danger but also to bring them back into the localization of their origin.
In the Brno zoological garden we have been trying to increase the population of screech owl this year.
www.zoobrno.cz /english/zooreport/report001_e.htm   (2341 words)

  
 Stadt Aue - Zoological garden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Our zoological garden is like an oasis where one can relax and forget the stress of everyday life.
The garden is designed with loving care for all details and the animals.
In this time of superlatives, when nothing can be big, fast or spectacular enough, the zoological garden in Aue shows a completely different world.
www.aue.de /aue/content/33/13072004144044.asp   (191 words)

  
 A zoological garden was opened   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A zoological garden with an area of about 23,000 square meters at Ueno, Tokyo was opened in March 1882.
A botanical garden had been opened since around 1874 in the compound of a museum at Kooji-mati, Tokyo, and animals had been bred at one corner of the botanical garden.
The stamp was issued in commemoration of the zoological garden centenary.
www.hps.hokudai.ac.jp /hsci/stamps/1882a-e.htm   (174 words)

  
 Artis Zoological Garden --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
byname of Foundation Of The Royal Zoological Society Natura Artis Magistra, Dutch Artis Diergaarde, or Stichting Koninklijk Zoologisch Genootschap Natura Artis Magistra, zoological garden founded in 1838 by the Royal Zoological Society of Holland.
It was founded in 1882, and its administration was transferred to the Tokyo city government in 1924.
Located in San Marino, Calif., the cultural center known as the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens was created in 1919 by Henry E. Huntington and left as a public trust upon his death in 1927.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9009720?tocId=9009720   (926 words)

  
 Protection of Wild Life and Wild Plants and Conservation of Natural Areas Law (Law No. __/94, 1994)
Zoological Garden means a place where animals are kept in captivity for research and where the public may visit for recreation, on payment of a fee;
revise or cancel the whole or a portion of the area of the zoological garden or botanical garden established under section 8.
A person who has obtained permission to establish a zoological garden or botanical garden under section 21 shall apply to the Director General in the prescribed manner for a licence to operate.
sunsite.nus.edu.sg /apcel/dbase/myanmar/primary/myacon.html   (3370 words)

  
 Garden for Zoological Research - Tel Aviv University
The primary rationale for establishing the Zoological Garden was for instruction of students on the fauna of Israel, and this tradition is still preserved today.
The Zoological Gardens also offers educational activities run by Nature Campus.
Additional information on Nature Campus and its educational activities at the zoological gardens can be found at its website: www.campusteva.tau.ac.il.
www.tau.ac.il /lifesci/units/research-zoo/teaching.html   (185 words)

  
 ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF MINNESOTA: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Incorporated in June 1961, the Minnesota Zoological Society grew out of the Como Zoo Volunteer Committee with the intention of supporting a zoological garden within the city of St. Paul.
In 1992, after further negotiations with the Zoological Board and after the state attorney general’s office inquired about financial assets the Society had raised for the benefit of the zoo, the Society changed its name in to the Zoological Society of Minnesota and divided its assets with the Zoological Board.
Additional information concerning the Zoological Society and its relationship with the Minnesota Zoological Garden are included within the Zoo-related organizations files of the Zoological Board in the Minnesota State Archives.
www.mnhs.org /library/findaids/P933.html   (1078 words)

  
 Garden for Zoological Research - Tel Aviv University
Teachers from Department of Zoology and their graduate students carry out research in the Zoological Garden.
The studies performed at the Zoological Garden cover a wide variety of areas such as ecology, behavior, physiology, endocrinology and applied entomology.
Some of the studies are carried out in their entirety in the Zoological Garden and its laboratories, while others are performed both in the zoo and the field or in the zoo and the laboratories of the Department of Zoology.
www.tau.ac.il /lifesci/zoo/research.html   (146 words)

  
 Darjeeling Places of Information, Tiger Hill, Ghoom Gompa, Batasia Loop, Zoological Garden, Snowleopard Breeding ...
ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN is situated two kms form the main town.
This zoological garden houses some of the rare species of animals and birds.
BOTANICAL GARDEN is worth a visit for its exotic and exclusive collection of a variety of Himalayan plants, flowers and orchids.
www.trekking-in-nepal.com /sikkim_darjeeling/darj_places.htm   (1525 words)

  
 Prague Zoological Garden --  Encyclopædia Britannica
also called Prague Zoo, Czech Zoologicka Zahrada Praha zoological garden 4 km (2.5 miles) from downtown Prague, noted for breeding the rare Przewalski's horse.
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zoological garden 4 km (2.5 miles) from downtown Prague, noted for breeding the rare Przewalski's horse.
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 A Case of Chronic Ulcerative Dermatitis and Feather Loss in a Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) from the ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Chronic dermatitis with feather loss was observed in a Hyacinth Macaw that died after shipment from Switzerland to the Lisbon Zoological Garden.
The precise etiology of cutaneous disease in a given individual may be obscure and present a considerable diagnostic challenge to pathologists and zoological veterinarians.
This bird was acquired by the Lisbon Zoological Garden from the Basel Zoological Gardens in Switzerland.
www.vet.uga.edu /ivcvm/1998/Peleteiro/peleteiro.htm   (1295 words)

  
 Yahooligans! - Science and Nature:Living Things:Animals:Zoos
Buffalo Zoological Gardens - Visit the predator exhibit at this New York state zoo and see pictures of American bison.
Chaffee Zoological Gardens - highlights from this Fresno, California, zoo.
Tisch Family Zoological Gardens - explore this Jerusalem zoo with a virtual tour and obtain visitor information.
www.yahooligans.com /science_and_nature/living_things/animals/zoos   (1387 words)

  
 City Zoological Garden in Wroclaw
The City Zoological Garden in Wroclaw is open daily without exception.
The Zoological Garden in Wroclaw was founded in 1865, but it wasn't until the end of the 19th century that appropriate areas were built to meet the requirements of exotic animals (e.g., elephants, monkeys, as well as the Nature House).
In 1921 the Zoological Garden was closed due to destruction and the economic crisis following World War I. It reopened in 1927.
www.wroclaw.pl /m6865   (437 words)

  
 Minnesota Zoological Garden Weesner Family Amphitheater   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The award-winning Weesner Family Amphitheater, a combination of soaring tensile canopies and nestled seating, evokes an ancient amphitheater and inspires a sense of "bonding with the living earth" for visitors to the Minnesota Zoological Garden's Birds of Prey show.
Perched on the edge of the Zoo's largest lake, the limestone amphitheater sweeps along the brow of a hillside oak knoll.
Theatre seating for 1,500 which overlooks a managed wetland and pond is constructed of redwood from renewable forests.
www.hga.com /experience/mn_zoo.html   (94 words)

  
 sightseeing in kolkata, sightseeing in calcutta, picnic spots in kolkata, zoological garden in kolkata, tourist spots ...
The Zoological Gardens at Alipore opened to the public in 1876, have one of the finest collections of birds, animals, and reptiles.
Within the Gardens, there is also a childrens' Zoo.
The aquarium in front of the Zoological Gardens contains sea-fishes of rare varieties.
www.budget-hotels-kolkata.com /zoological-garden.html   (137 words)

  
 Minnesota Zoological Garden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Minnesota Zoological Garden (Zoo), which opened in 1978, is located in Apple Valley, Minnesota.
Chapter 85A as "a partnership between the private sector and the state." The Zoo is supervised and controlled by the State Zoological Board.
The board is responsible for appointing a director who serves as the chief administrative officer of the Zoo.
www.auditor.leg.state.mn.us /FAD/1998/fad98-25.htm   (288 words)

  
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Kunming Zoological Garden is situated on the summit of Luofengshan Hill in the northeast of the city of Kunming.
It is a multipurpose garden mainly for exhibiting animals and also for displaying various flowers and plants.
The zoo area is divided into many small sections for large animals, small animals, birds, aquatic animals, etc. The flower and plant area is divided into sections of oriental cherry, plum blossom, sweet-scented osmanthus, Chinese rose and lawn.
www.chinats.com /kunming/kunming1195.htm   (200 words)

  
 Sri Lanka Travel Guide: Zoological Garden
An orphanage for elephants has been set up by the department of National Zoological Gardens, at Pinnawela, 90 km from Colombo.
It was established in 1975 and several animals brought here at the inception are now mature enough for breeding, which is the ultimate aim of the institution.
Sri Lanka has three beautiful Botanic Gardens - Peradeniya at an elevation of 488 meters, Hakgala at an elevation of 1,680 meters and Henarathgoda in the low country.
sri-lanka-tour.com /attraction/zoological-garden.htm   (361 words)

  
 Hamilton Zoo : Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
To be internationally recognised as a centre for conservation, education and scientific study.
Hamilton Zoo is committed to the delivery and further development of a high quality, modern zoological garden, that emphasises conservation, education, recreation and scientific study, while progressively encouraging an understanding and appreciation of the living world.
Hamilton Zoo is situated on 25ha of beautifully landscaped grounds and is home to over 400 exotic and native birds, mammals and reptiles displayed in natural surroundings.
www.hamiltonzoo.co.nz   (137 words)

  
 Collections with Clouded Leopards
Glasgow Zoopark (Zoological Society of Glasgow and West of Scotland)
Columbus Zoological Gardens and Arthur C. Johnson Aquarium
Zoological Society of Philadelphia, 3400 W. Girard Ave.
www.catsurvivaltrust.org /Zoo_mt.html   (61 words)

  
 Zoos Online
The Open Zoo: Khao Kheow Open Zoo and Night Safari in Cholburi (150 km east of Bangkok) was established as a unit of The Zoological Park Organization of Thailand on June 1st, 1978 as an open zoo with an area of 5,000 Rai or 2000 acres.
The Buffalo Zoo.org  (Buffalo, NY); the Zoological Gardens for the education and recreation of the people and visitors of the Niagara Frontier; for the advancement and encouragement of the science of zoology; and the practice of conservation of the world's wildlife and for the exhibition of diverse species of animals from throughout the world
The North Carolina Zoological Society and Park:  (North Carolina)  I found the Zoo media kit to be quite interesting.
www.manandmollusc.net /links_zoos.html   (2772 words)

  
 Zoological Garden Munich (Flamingo) (Lit by Ludwig Hohlwein in Remastered Lithograph
Zoological Garden Munich (Flamingo) (Lit by Ludwig Hohlwein in Remastered Lithograph
The minimum US shipping charge for one open edition print is $6; for 10 open edition prints the total minimum shipping cost is about $8.
Description: This fine art lithograph is a re-mastered work of multiple fine art which was pulled at S2 Editions Ateliers in NYC and/or Las Vegas, NV under the auspices of the Ré Society, Ltd., an S2 Art company.
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