ERIC Number: EJ064571
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Publication Date: 1972
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What Do We Learn at the Zoo?
Sommer, Robert
Natural History, 81, 7, 26-29,84-85, Aug/Sep 72
The zoo's role in public education is analyzed. Despite good intentions, zoos may be creating animal stereotypes that are not only incorrect but that actually work against the interests of wildlife preservation. (BL)
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Animal Husbandry, Primatology, Public Education, Role Perception, Wildlife, Wildlife Management, Zoos
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