Zoos

A zoo (short for zoological garden or zoological park and also called an animal park or menagerie) is a facility in which animals are housed within enclosures, displayed to the public, and in which they may also breed.

The term "zoological garden" refers to zoology, the study of animals, a term deriving from the Greek zōon (ζῷον, 'animal') and lógos (λóγος, 'study'). The abbreviation "zoo" was first used of the London Zoological Gardens, which was opened for scientific study in 1828 and to the public in 1857.^[1] The number of major animal collections open to the public around the world now exceeds to 1,000, around 80 percent of them are in cities.^[2] In the United States of America alone, zoos are visited by over 180 million people annually.

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The Zoological Society of London was founded in 1826 by Stamford Raffles and established the London Zoo in Regent's Park two years later in 1828.^[15] At its founding, it was the world's first scientific zoo.^[2][16] Originally intended to be used as a collection for scientific study, it was eventually opened to the public in 1847.^[16] The Zoo was located in Regent's Park - then undergoing development at the hands of the architect John Nash. What set the London zoo apart from its predecessors was its focus on society at large. The zoo was established in the middle of a city for the public, and its layout was designed to cater for the large London population. The London zoo was widely copied as the archetype of the public city zoo.^[17] In 1853, the Zoo opened the world's first public aquarium.

 

[From Wikipedia:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo#Royal_menageries]