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Zoo Animals Need Our Help TOO
ZOO'S HELP OUR ANIMALS FROM BECOMING EXTINCT ~ HOW CAN WE HELP ZOO'S?
Not only do domestic animals need our help, but ZOO ANIMALS NEED OUR HELP AS WELL. But, how can we possibly help a huge elephant, a pack of gorillas or a polar bear swimming in ice cold water?
WHAT CAN WE POSSIBLY DO TO HELP THESE GIGANTIC CREATURES?
TRAVEL ABROAD ~ IF YOU LOVE ANIMALS AND LOVE TO TRAVEL - THEN THIS IS FOR YOU Volunteers are needed to help animals all over the world.
Imagine traveling to South Africa and holding a tiny monkey, watch elephants in the river or help Cheetahs from becoming extinct?
- CHEETAH CONSERVATION ~ You'll live on a Game Reserve where you get up close and personal with the animals in South Africa. Make a difference to the wild in Africa.
- CHANGE THE FATE OF ELEPHANTS IN THAILAND ~ You'll work hands-on with elephants, giving them lots of care, and also be helping to improve the living conditions of captive elephants in Thailand.
- HELP THE ELEPHANTS IN SRI LANKA ~ An Elephant experience in Sri Lanka's most famous elephant orphanage - home to retired, abused or orphaned elephants. Walk from the Orphanage down to the river to bathe the elephants. Imagine watching an entire herd splashing around and rolling in the river, just a few feet in front of you!
SAVE A GORILLA ~ Help a gorilla by recycling your old cell phone with a program called ECO-CELL ~ Its all about cleaning up and helping to save our environment by reducing the amount of electronics that end up in landfills.
ECO-CELL is partners with more than 110 zoos and is an American Zoological Association member. They are the official recycling company of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International.
The CINCINNATTI ZOO collected 10,365 cell phones in 2010, which is more than any other Eco-Cell organization has collected in one year.
They are still collecting phones, so look in the back of your drawers for old phones, batteries and accessories. Their goal for 2011 is 25,000 phones!
If you want to help and recycle your phone now: GET A FREE LABEL HERE.
ADOPT AN ANIMAL ~ You cannot bring home a Hippo or a Giant Panda, but you can adopt or sponsor a Zoo animal. SPONORING an animal with a donation can help deliver care to these beautiful, enormous and needy animals. Pick the animal of your choosing and receive a stuffed animal replica to cuddle and hold on to knowing you are helping a real live animal far away. Choose an animal from the San Diego Zoo or call your local one to find out about their adoption program.
Fees for adopting an animal range from $25 up to $5,000. But remember when you adopt an animal, your donation goes towards the animal's care and daily feeding and know your money goes to support your new family member and the entire facility.
DONATE A BRICK ~ Honor someone special who loves Zoo animals by donating a brick to their favorite zoo. It is called the COMMEMORATIVE BRICK PROGRAM. This is a great way to celebrate an important event in your life, or someone you love. Dedicate a clay or bronze brick with the name of your choice and have it displayed around the beautiful waterfall in Saint Louis's Zoo. Or have a commemorative brick installed into the foundation of an Elephant Trails exhibit, you can even have a life-size elephant footprint etched with a special someones name to honor them. All bricks and footprints will be displayed for decades to come. What a great idea for that special person who loved the Zoo.
DIRECTORY AND LISTINGS
- USA Listing
- USA directory by State
- List of Petting Zoo's
- Tourists Info Directory
- Zoo Parks
- Find One Near You
- Top in the United States
- Top Ten in America
- Most Popular in the US
- Visit Zoo's around England
GAMES AND FUN- ZOOBORNS ~ A website that announces and posts pictures of newly born animals from Zoo's all over the world.
- VIRTUAL ZOO ~ Create your own Zoo animal on the internet to feed and take care of. Pick the pet of your choice and have fun at a virtual zoo.
- PICTURES AND FACTS ~ A website call Exzooberance has pictures and facts about Zoo's and their animals. Beautiful pictures to view.
- ANIMAL DIRECTORY ~ If you love a specific Zoo animal then go to this site, pick your favorite one to view and learn about.
- ZOOBOOKS ~ A great magazine which can be delivered right to your front door. It has beautiful photos, articles, facts and games that make your child want to read.
- ADOPT A SPECIES ~ Specific specie your looking for? Check this site out and adopt one of your choice. See how you can help the world with conservation.
- LIVE WEBCAM ~ This is my favorite - You can actually watch live animals play, eat and sleep in their environment. If you can't get to the Zoo, then you might as well watch it.
- COLORING PAGES ~ If you, or someone you know loves to color then click, copy and color a Zoo animal.
- FREE COLORING FUN ~ More coloring pages for free.
- NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ~ Color a page from the well known "National Geographic" magazine.
- DOT TO DOT ~ Online games to learn about Zoo animals. Dot to dot games - great for preschoolers to practice their numbers and alphabet.
- ONLINE COLORING ~ Color online by picking a picture, click a color and put the color where you want it. A lot of fun.
CAREERS AND JOBS - WILDLIFE AND FORESTRY CONSERVATION ~ Information to a career in Wildlife/Forestry Conservation! No classroom, work at home at your own pace in 5 months you can be on your way to a new career.
- WILDLIFE CAREERS ~ Do you know what a Curator or Conservationist is? Do you want to find out more about becoming a Biologist, Zoologist or Zoo Director. Click to find more info.
- ANIMAL BEHAVIORAL INSTITUTE ~ Earn a degree in Animal Assisted Therapy, Animal Training & Enrichment, Laboratory Animal Behavior, Wildlife Rehabilitation or Zoo & Aquarium Science.
BRIEF HISTORY OF ZOOIn the United States, sea captains began transporting wild animals for display as early as 1721, when the first camel and African lion arrived in Boston. The first polar bear arrived in 1733, the first orangutan and tiger in 1789, the first ostrich in 1794, and the first elephant in 1796. Long ago, animals were captured by hunting but that hardly ever happens any more. It is too stressful for the animals and disruptive to the other animals around them. Animals in the wild can have diseases that you would not want to bring back and infect others. Today, most animals come from captive breeding programswhich are all around the country and around the world. Habitats for animals have been created to help animals breed. The animals then have babies, and as these babies grow up, they are sent to other zoos. Royalty and Wealth helped to create these collections of animals, all to signify power. (The world never changes, huh?) - 3500 B.C. - The oldest known zoological collection was revealed during excavations at Hierakonpolis, Egypt.
- 2500 B.C. – Egyptian Kings had collections of exotic animals as well, but were not shown to the public, yet.
- 1250 B.C. – Queen Hatshepsut of Egypt collected animals from all parts of Africa and established the first real zoo.
- 1000 B.C. – Chinese Emperor Wen Wang followedEgypt's example when he built an enormous zoo to display his wealth and power which he called, "The Garden of Intelligence". It covered about 1500 acres and contained animals from all parts of his empire.
- 700 B.C. – Greeks focused on education and animal studies, however they also used animals for bloody fights with slaves and prisoners in the Coliseum. They were the first to charge an admission fee.
- 300 B.C. – Zoo in Alexandria ~ (Egypt) opened.
- 200 B.C. – Roman zoos began.
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