Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION -- 4,500 YEARS OF ZOOS AND ANIMAL KEEPING -- Mesopotamia -- Greece -- Rome -- Ancient China -- Medieval Europe -- Medieval China -- British deerparks -- Late Middle Ages and Renaissance times -- Mexico -- European zoos 1500 1800 -- Menageries -- London Zoo in the nineteenth century -- Carl Hagenbeck -- Woburn -- Other twentieth-century developments -- ANIMALS AND THEIR RIGHTS -- Animal rights -- Aramals' right to freedom -- WILDNESS, CRUELTY AND DOMINATION -- Do zoos keep wild animals? -- Cruelty -- Domination -- WILD LIVING VERSUS ZOO LIVING -- Are zoo animals healthier than wild animals? -- Food, pleasure and purpose -- Evolution and adaptation -- JUDGING WELL-BEING -- Breeding -- Natural behaviour -- Abnormal behaviour -- Direct indications -- Theoretical assessment -- THE KEEPING AND DISPLAY OF ANIMALS -- The aesthetics and purpose of zoo design -- The aesthetic of the naturalistic -- Is it captivity? -- WHY CONSERVATION IS A MORAL MATTER -- Different ways of conserving -- Vandalism -- Animals as animals -- Why animals merit double respect -- ZOOS AND CONSERVATION -- Breeding technology -- Culling -- Reintroduction -- Species selection, valuing and finance -- Supplementary conservational roles -- SCIENCE IN ZOOS -- General observation and investigation -- Veterinary study -- Genetics -- Behaviour -- Source for anatomical material -- Milieu for scientific activities -- On zoos not being scientific -- The usefulness of science in zoos -- EDUCATION IN ZOOS -- WHY KEEP REAL ANIMALS? -- On zoological and other gardens -- On real plants and animals -- Communities or prisons? -- TAKING ANIMALS FROM THE WILD -- CONCLUSION -- Bibliography -- Name index -- Subject index.