Knoxville Zoo

Name: Knoxville Zoo
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ISBN: 9780738544052

ISBN-10: 0738544051

ISBN-13: 9780738544052

Edition: 2007

Authors: Sonya A. Haskins, Jack Hanna

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The Knoxville Zoo began as the Birthday Park Zoo in 1948. Due to a lack of expertise and funding, the Humane Society started proceedings to close the zoo in 1971 after the animals welfare came under scrutiny. The zoo was saved by Guy Smith, a local television executive, who took on the job as the zoos first director at a salary of $1 per year. Smith managed to convince the City of Knoxville and the local community to invest in this wonderful sanctuary. As the zoos conditions improved and awareness was raised, a focus was placed on breeding threatened or endangered animals. These efforts were rewarded in 1978 with the birth of the first two African elephants to be born in the western…

Book details

List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication date: 3/7/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Foreword



Introduction



The Birth of Knoxville Zoological Gardens



Enclosures vs. Habitats



Animals



Education



Activities and Special Events



Children's Area


Board Members and Past Chairmen


Acknowledgments


About the Author