Great Zoos of the world
A grand tour of some of the outstanding European and American zoos with Anthony Smith

This largest and oldest Swiss zoo is one of the richest and most up-to-date in Europe. Its director, Dr. Ernst Lang, is dedicated to the ideal that a zoo is a place where animals can live and breed rather than just exist and eventually die. The number of Basel-bred animals exported annually to other zoos is far greater than the number of new animals brought into the zoo, and the lengthening list of 'firsts' is further evidence of Basel's success.
The first European Indian Rhino was born here, and Goma, the first European gorilla, now lives with her parents, brothers, and sisters as a family unit in a section of the extensive new air-conditioned Ape House. Next year the collection of fish and reptiles will move to a three-quarter million pound Vivarium-an example of modern zoo thinking which will push Basel even further ahead.
from the South and West
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