Zoo Quotations

A plague on eminence! I hardly dare cross the street anymore without a convoy, and I am stared at wherever I go like an idiot member of a royal family or an animal in a zoo; and zoo animals have been known to die from stares

When I was 7 and went to the zoo with my second-grade class, I saw chimpanzee eyes for the first time - the eyes of an unhappy animal, all alone, locked in a bare, concrete-floored, iron-barred cage in one of the nastier, old-fashioned zoos. I remember looking at the chimp, then looking away.

I used to go to San Diego all the time to hang out. My cousin played for the San Diego Padres, and my brother lives down there. I love going to the zoo and walking around Old Town.

'The Nature of Jade' is about a girl who works with the elephants at the zoo near her home, and who, through her involvement with them, becomes involved with a boy and his baby.

Even if you can't afford to travel the world, you can take your children to the museum, zoo or local park. And don't be afraid to take them to grown-up spots. Eating out in a restaurant teaches children how to be quiet and polite and gives them the pleasure of knowing you trust them to behave.

Today's children are taught by our culture that we are a cosmic accident. Something slithered out of the primal slime and over billions of years evolved into a human being. We are cousins, ten times removed, to the ape at the zoo eating his own excrement.

Though not a natural world by any means, more like a collection of living dioramas, a zoo exists in its own time zone, somewhere between the seasonal sense of animals and our madly ticking watch time.

I love animals, and I was always attracted to the idea of being a zoo veterinarian or a veterinarian with the circus.

Most of the things at the zoo don't look like us. We're one design that works. Our chimp pals sort of look like us, so that's a different take on the same basic design. But fish don't look like us, and giraffes don't. They look a little like us, but not too much. And insects certainly don't look like us, and they work just fine.

My best friend was a magpie goose, and my magpie goose would follow me around, and we'd dance in the zoo together. Then I'd be covered in mud!

I guess, growing up at Australia Zoo and getting to travel all over the world, I have this great outlook on life, and that's what I hope I inspire other kids to have.

I have spent my entire life living in a zoo, which is pretty crazy. Not many kids get to say that, and it took me until I was about three years old to realize that we didn't just come to the zoo every day, that we actually lived here.

I have the best daddy in the whole world, and I will miss him every day. When I see a crocodile, I will always think of him, and I know that Daddy made this zoo so everyone could come and learn to love all the animals.

Living in a zoo means it wasn't always sparkly dresses, but I would still dress up. I had this pink sparkly dress and fairy wings, and I'd put those on and then go and dance in the zoo.

Mrs. Turner and her husband (Cal) wanted giraffes at the zoo and worked hard along with many others to get them here. Naming one after Margaret seemed right.

Most zoo employees are passionate about their work. When you see someone take advantage of that, boy, that hurts.

I found I missed the zoo world. I missed the challenge,

Sure, of course. My boys know I'm famous. They see me on the TV but they'd rather watch 'The Simpsons.' But I'm definitely a cool father. I take them to the zoo and the beach and the countryside and to buy them sneakers. I play soccer with them. I just taught them how to play chess.

I think that expanding the zoo would be good for the city because it draws people to Des Moines.

I think the monkeys at the zoo should have to wear sunglasses so they can't hypnotize you.

We were in the children's zoo yesterday, a bull in the farm yard was snorting and would kind of give you the eye. I don't know if it was because of the weather, the barometric pressure, or if it was just the activity that there was no public around.

You can build a zoo virtually anywhere, but you cannot rebuild a park. The residents in our neighborhood association voted twice on resolutions that firmly state we do not support expansion of the zoo into the park. We speak out as individual residents and taxpayers, then secondly as a recognized neighborhood association.

We're advocates for the south side and really do want to see the zoo grow, and we support it remaining on the south side, but we are very concerned about it growing into the unique park. We now are at odds with some of the other south-side groups.

Well, I'll tell you, about a year ago in November the National Zoo had its first litter of cheetah cubs born. And when we had them debut, the very first day, we had over about 2,500 people file through just for them. And I don't mean to make it a popularity contest, but they were nowhere near as popular before their debut as this panda cub.

We had a little walk around. We went to the zoo and it was wonderful.

We live in such an urban environment and there's a lack of wildlife. It's just intriguing. It's like having a zoo right in your back yard.

The past will be forgotten quickly. The new director has the sound approach to take the zoo to new levels and keep it fresh.

We thought they were going to give him to a zoo or something,

To the best of my knowledge and all the reports I have received this morning, it was a hoax. I called the zoo to verify and the gator is not there. I called the rangers, the city council office and my staff at the lake. There was no capture.

When I was in college, the first thing we did in acting class was to observe an animal at the zoo and become that animal. So I picked a wallaby.

Where Matthew got his tag there was a zoo of hunters in the motorized areas. Where we were, we saw over 200 elk a day and almost no other hunters. It was almost like we had our own private ranch.

We know from 28 years of experience with giant pandas at the National Zoo that they are real crowd pleasers, ... There is just something about these black and white bears that fascinates children and adults.

Disney's challenged the zoo world to up the ante. The trend is to be more theatrical, put storytelling in there. But they shouldn't try to go to the level of 'faux authenticity' that Disney can achieve.

The Zoo Atlanta family is elated at the news of twin gorilla babies. We are proud to do our part to support a species that is experiencing such catastrophic decline in the wild.

The zoo does face some very significant financial challenges at this time. At the same time, taxpayers have made a significant contribution to the zoo over the past years, and that's what we want to protect today.

...The zoo doesn't have to get bigger, it can just get better.

The zoo is highly regarded, obviously by its visitors and supporters, but also within the North American zoo community. As one of only 210 accredited members of AZA, the zoo stands among the best.

The zoo wanted to be a conduit for research. The novel thing with this is it will be used to get data with the Florida panther.

We'll have some major bond projects coming on line: three parks, three fire stations and two libraries, including the main library. Then for the year starting in September, we'll have to deal with the full impact of those facilities, plus the new history museum and the zoo expansion, which will be getting into full swing.

To sell off a zoo is just unbelievable.

Although they will be missed by zoo visitors and staff alike, their relocation is an important step in helping to protect the species for future generations.

Running a zoo just doesn't make sense when you're talking about cutting police and fire and trash and everything else. Ideally, the zookeepers will go last because this is a phased process, and obviously we have to make sure the animals are taken care of.

We have to boost our core services such as fire, police and trash collection. Operating a zoo is a business we can no longer be in.

This is an obscene action by the Detroit City Council. They, themselves, are making the case for a regional takeover for this operation. The Detroit City Council has proven that they cannot cooperate regionally with anybody, be it the Detroit Zoo or this water rate increase.

I've got a college education and I've seen some of this stuff and I don't get it. I can imagine an elderly woman trying to figure it out. Companies will cover some medicines and not others - what a zoo - they should all cover all the medicines.

I must say that in the last 20 years, I don't know of one zoo visitor that has been killed or maimed that bad by an animal in the zoo. Obviously, as zookeepers, our job tends to be dangerous at times.

If you plan on working out at night after work, then that's when you need to try out the gym. You may find it's an absolute zoo at that hour, and then it probably wouldn't be a good choice for you.

Any animal in the zoo has a potential to be dangerous whether it looks like a fluffy little animal or something obviously as big as an elephant.

It's shameful that the National Zoo allowed her to decline to this point. Toni's death should prompt serious re-evaluation of the National Zoo's ability to care for elephants. The zoo simply does not have the space to meet the vast needs of earth's largest land mammal.

Because there is an indication that the avian influenza has spread there, the zoo must be closed to the public temporarily,

I personally think it's going to be a zoo down here. Not everyone's comfortable shopping for lingerie when camera crews are in the aisles.

A plague on eminence! I hardly dare cross the street anymore without a convoy, and I am stared at wherever I go like an idiot member of a royal family or an animal in a zoo; and zoo animals have been known to die from stares

A petting zoo is when they bring the baby animals out, and in this case, it's when they bring instruments kids can hear, and in some cases touch and play.

All three moms are incredibly important to their species, which are either threatened or endangered. Allowing the public to choose a Zoo Mother of the Year gives us a chance to educate them about the challenges facing these species.

These groups have been in conflict for a good part of the afternoon, going at one another. But it wasn't until they were put out of the zoo and they were standing on Connecticut Avenue, one group on the west side of the street, one on the east side, that they started throwing bottles back and forth, and then someone pulled a gun and then began firing at the crowd,

For me, a journey is about everything. It's about fun, learning. We have all of these animals that have a story to tell. I'd like this zoo to be a short journey around the world.

It's like living in the shadow of an older brother. The San Diego Zoo is world-renowned; it's done amazing things over the years. We don't want the park to falter, to get behind the times.

It's kind of a sad place. It's just such a zoo that you almost can't get anything done. There's always somebody knocking on your door or calling you on the phone or stopping you in the lobby because they are desperate for jobs.

I feel like a leopard who has been let out of the zoo and is back on the... jungle, savanna, whatever, I'm not sure where leopards live! The lions may be chasing me, but at least I'm in my element.

The L.A. Zoo is a respected institution, the general manager is highly thought of, the L.A. Zoo is one of the top zoos in the world,