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• Review of U.S. Department of Agriculture's enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act, specifically of animals used in exhibitions : hearing before the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture of the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, second session, July 8, 1992. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 1992), by Research United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Department Operations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cargo for conservation : an information kit about wildlife trade / ([Arlington, VA] (4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Arlington 22203-1622) : The Service, [1993]), by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handling frozen/thawed meat and prey items fed to captive exotic animals : a manual of standard operating procedures / ([Beltsville, Md.] : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, National Agricultural Library ; [Washington, D.C.?] : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, [2001]), by Susan Diane Crissey, United States. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, and National Agricultural Library (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Captive Elephant Accident Prevention Act of 1999 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session, on H.R. 2929, June 13, 2000. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 2000), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime (page images at HathiTrust)
• H.R. 1006 and H.R. 1472 : legislative hearing before the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans of the Committee on Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, first session, June 12, 2003. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2003), by Wildlife United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources. Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Amphibians and Reptiles in Captivity, by Robert N. Bader, Donald J. Coxwell, and Tom R. Johnson (Gutenberg ebook)

• Two in a Zoo, by Curtis Dunham and Oliver Herford (Gutenberg ebook)

• Jerry Todd and the Waltzing Hen (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, c1925), by Leo Edwards, illust. by Bert Salg (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Buster the Big Brown Bear, by George Ethelbert Walsh, illust. by Edwin John Prittie (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Family on Wheels, by J. Macdonald Oxley, illust. by E. Boyd Smith (Gutenberg ebook)

• Two in a Zoo, by Curtis Dunham and Oliver Herford (Gutenberg ebook)

• Marine mammal water quality : proceedings of a symposium ([Washington, D.C.?] : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, [1998]), by Richard L Crawford, John Coakley, and United States. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (page images at HathiTrust)

• Cranes: Their Biology, Husbandry, and Conservation, ed. by David H. Ellis, George F. Gee, and Claire M. Mirande (frame-dependent PDF files at USGS)
• Vccelliera, ouero, Discorso della natura, e proprieta di diuersi vccelli : e in particolare di que' che cantano, con il modo di prendergli, conoscergli, alleuargli, e mantenergli : e con le figure cauate dal vero, e diligentem[en]te intagliate in rame dal Tempesta, e dal Villamena / (In Roma : Appresso M. Angelo de Rossi, 1684), by Giovanni Pietro Olina, Michel' Angelo de Rossi, Antonio. Canto degl' augelli Valli, Vincenzo Leonardi, Francesco Villamena, Antonio Tempesta, and Cassiano Dal Pozzo (page images at HathiTrust)

• Cranes : their biology, husbandry, and conservation / (Washington, D.C. : Dept. of the Interior, National Biological Service ; Baraboo, WI : International Crane Foundation ; Washington, D.C. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., [1996]), by Claire M. Mirande, George F. Gee, David H. Ellis, International Crane Foundation, and United States National Biological Service (page images at HathiTrust)

• History of animals and leading curiosities : and a guide to P.T. Barnum's greatest of all great shows and colosseum of natural history and art / (Buffalo, N.Y. : Press of the Courier Company, 1879), by P. T. Barnum (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nero, the circus lion : his many adventures / (New York : Barse & Hopkins, c1919), by Richard Barnum and Walter S. Rogers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Circus animals : puzzle pictures for boys and girls (Wheeling, W. Va. : Sterling Products (Incorporated), [ca. 1925?]), by Inc Sterling Products and California Fig Syrup Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• A girl and five brave horses / (Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, c1961), by Sonora Carver and Elizabeth Land (page images at HathiTrust)

• Circus friend's linen (New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1888) (page images at Florida)

• Autobiography of Matthew Scott, Jumbo's Keeper; Also Jumbo's Biography, by the same Author, by Matthew Scott (Gutenberg ebook)

• In the Zoo; representing twenty-seven years of observation and study of the animals in the New York zoological park, (New York, London, C. Scribner's sons, 1929), by W. Reid Blair and Elwin R. Sanborn (page images at HathiTrust)
• New York Zoological Park : book of views / (New York : New York Zoological Society, c1912), by Elwin R. Sanborn and Seymour B. Durst (page images at HathiTrust)
• The New York Zoological Park / (New York : New York Zoological Society, 1908), by Elwin R. Sanborn and Seymour B. Durst (page images at HathiTrust)
• The New York Zoological Park / (New York : New York Zoological Society, 1909), by Elwin R. Sanborn and Seymour B. Durst (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of animals and leading curiosities : and a guide to P.T. Barnum's greatest of all great shows and colosseum of natural history and art / (Buffalo, N.Y. : Press of the Courier Company, 1879), by P. T. Barnum (page images at HathiTrust)
• Berggren's beasts. (New York, P. S. Erikson, [1970, c1969]), by Sigvard Berggren (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The wonders of the zoo / (New York : Dodge Publishing Co., [1908?]), by Lilian Gask, illust. by Dorothy Hardy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Love among the lions : a matrimonial experience / (London : J.M. Dent & Co., [1898]), by F. Anstey (page images at HathiTrust)
• List of animals / (Cairo : National Printing Dept., 1910), by Stanley Smyth Flower (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Infant diet/care notebook / ([Wheeling, W. Va.] : American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums, [1982?]), by American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums. Infant Diet/Care Committee, Alan D. Bietz, and Steve H. Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sterilization of marine mammal pool waters : theoretical and health considerations / ([Washington, DC?] : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 1991), by Stephen H Spotte (page images at HathiTrust)
• Little Charley's visit to the menagerie. (Boston : Brown, Bazin, & Co., 1855, c1854) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Decennial of the New York Zoological Park, MCMIX. ([New York, New York Zoological Society, c1910]), by New York Zoological Park (page images at HathiTrust)
• Natural history in zoological gardens; being some account of vertebrated animals, with special reference to those usually to be seen in the Zoological society's gardens in London and similar institutions, (London, A. Constable & co., ltd.; Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott company, 1905), by Frank E. Beddard (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Who's who in the zoo; natural history of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, (New York, P.F. Collier & Son, [c1939]), by Federal Writers' Project. New York (City), ed. by Ralph De Sola (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Popular official guide to the New York Zoological Park / (New York : New York Zoological Society, c1909), by William T. Hornaday and New York Zoological Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stencil-art zoo. (Bedford, Ohio : Stencil-Art Publishing Co., c1949) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Tower menagerie: comprising the natural history of the animals contained in that establishment; with anecdotes of their characters and history. (London : Printed for R. Jennings; [etc., etc.], 1829), by Edward Turner Bennett (page images at HathiTrust)
• Popular official guide to the New York Zoological park. (New York : New York zoological society, [c1911]), by New York Zoological Park, William T. Hornaday, and New York Zoological Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• At the zoo. (Akron, Ohio : The Saalfield Pub. Co., c1937) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• At the zoo : picture book. (Chicago : Merrill Co., c1946), by G. Trimmer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• At the zoo ; picture book. (Chicago : Merrill Company Publishers, 1949) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Story of Peter Rabbit / ([Chicago] : Reilly & Lee, c1911), by Beatrix Potter, illust. by John R. Neill (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bartlett's life among wild beasts in the "zoo" : being a continuation of Wild animals in captivity : the habits, food, management and treatment of the beasts and birds at the 'zoo' with reminiscences and anecdotes / (London : Chapman and Hall, 1900), by Abraham Dee Bartlett, ed. by Edward Bartlett (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Love Among the Lions: A Matrimonial Experience (London: J. M. Dent and Co., ca. 1898), by F. Anstey (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Aunt Louisa's zoological gardens (London: Frederick Warne and Co., [1876?]), by L Valentine, illust. by Joseph Martin Kronheim (page images at Florida)
• The zoo (London and Brighton: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, n.d.), by Theodore Wood and J. G. Wood, illust. by Harrison Weir (page images at Florida)

• A Child's Dream of the Zoo, by William Manning (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Peacock 'At Home' AND The Butterfly's Ball AND The Fancy Fair, by Catherine Ann Turner Dorset and William Roscoe (Gutenberg ebook)

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