American Zoos
- ISBN-10
- 0792456548
- ISBN-13
- 9780792456544
- Category
- Zoos
- Pages
- 159
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Publisher
- Bdd Promotional Book Company
- Author
- Steve Dale
Description
A guided tour of eighteen top zoological parks from New York to San Diego dives into seal ponds, climbs into lion cages, and crawls into snake dens to offer information on the animals and their behavior
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