A zoo is an office in which all creatures are housed inside nooks, showed to the general population, and in which they may likewise breed. 

The expression "zoological garden" alludes to zoology, the investigation of creatures, a term getting from the Greek 'zoion, "creature," and logia, "ponder.". The condensing "zoo" was first utilized of the London Zoological Gardens, which was opened for logical examination in 1828 and to the general population in 1857.In the United States alone, zoos are visited by more than 180 million individuals every year. 

History :

Royal menageries :

The ancestor of the zoological garden is the zoo, which has a long history from the old world to present day times. The most seasoned known zoological gathering was uncovered amid unearthings at Hierakonpolis, Egypt in 2009, of a ca. 3500 BCE zoological garden. The colorful creatures included hippopotami, hartebeest, elephants, monkeys and wildcats.King Ashur-bel-kala of the Middle Assyrian Empire made zoological and greenhouses in the eleventh century BCE. In the second century BCE, the Chinese Empress Tanki had a "place of deer" manufactured, and King Wen of Zhou kept a 1,500-section of land zoo called Ling-Yu, or the Garden of Intelligence. Other surely understood authorities of creatures included King Solomon of the Kingdom of Israel and Judah, ruler Semiramis and King Ashurbanipal of Assyria, and King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia.By the fourth century BCE, zoos existed in the greater part of the Greek city states; Alexander the Great is known to have sent creatures that he found on his military campaigns back to Greece. The Roman sovereigns kept private accumulations of creatures for study or for use in the arena,the last faring famously ineffectively. The nineteenth century antiquarian W. E. H. Lecky composed of the Roman recreations, first held in 366 BCE. 

Enlightenment Era :

The most established zoo on the planet still in presence is the Tiergarten Schönbrunn in Vienna, Austria. It was developed by Adrian van Stekhoven in 1752 at the request of the Holy Roman Emperor Francis I, spouse of Maria Theresa of Austria, to fill in as a royal zoological display as a major aspect of Schönbrunn Palace. The zoological display was at first saved for the survey delight of the magnificent family and the court, yet was made open to people in general in 1765. 

In 1775, a zoo was established in Madrid, and in 1795, the zoo inside the Jardin des Plantes in Paris was established by Jacques-Henri Bernardin, with creatures from the imperial zoological garden at Versailles, principally for logical research and instruction. The Kazan Zoo, the main zoo in Russia was established in 1806 by the Professor of Kazan State University Karl Fuchs. 

The modern zoo:

Until the mid nineteenth century, the capacity of the zoo was frequently to symbolize imperial power, such as King Louis XIV's zoological garden at Versailles. The cutting edge zoo that rose in the mid nineteenth century at Halifax, London, Paris and Dublin, was centered around giving instructive shows to the general population for excitement and motivation. 

A developing interest for regular history and zoology, combined with the huge extension in the urbanization of London, prompted an elevated interest for a more prominent assortment of open types of stimulation to be made accessible. The requirement for open diversion, just as the necessities of academic research, met up in the establishing of the primary present day zoos. 

The Zoological Society of London was established in 1826 by Stamford Raffles and set up the London Zoo in Regent's Park two years after the fact in 1828.At its establishing, it was the world's first logical zoo.Originally expected to be utilized as an accumulation for logical investigation, it was in the long run opened to the general population in 1847.The Zoo was situated in Regent's Park - at that point experiencing advancement on account of the designer John Nash. What set the London zoo apart from its antecedents was its attention on society on the loose. The zoo was set up amidst a city for general society, and its format was intended to provide food for the expansive London populace. The London zoo was generally replicated as the prime example of people in general city zoo.In 1853, the Zoo opened the world's first open aquarium.

Zoo Park Types :

• Petting zoos
• Safari park
• Roadside zoos
• Aquaria
• Animal theme parks