captive wild animals

Introduces alligators, describing their physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, discussing why these animals are unsuitable as pets, and state laws pertaining to owning and feeding them.

A collection of papers presented at the First Conference on Environmental Enrichment discussing ways of evaluating the past, present, and future attempts to enhance the well-being of captive animals in laboratories, zoos, and aquaria.

Contains color photographs taken primarily in the late 1990s that showcase the artificial and limiting conditions under which animals are kept in zoos around the world.

Provides a defense of zoo breeding programs and a plan to save animals from extinction.

The story of endangered North American animals that have been captured for breeding programs and the scientists who are working to place them back in the wild.

Illustrates how zoos, wildlife parks, and aquariums reproduce the wild by designing realistic habitat exhibits for their plants and animals.

Examines such endangered species as the barn owl, birdwing butterfly, and tomato frog and discusses the attempts to save them through captive breeding programs.

Describes efforts to save endangered animals from extinction by breeding them in captivity, teaching them survival skills, and then releasing them into the wild.

The story of United States zoos breeding endangered species in captivity and then releasing them in their natural habitats.