Zoo magic
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The Wildlife Conservation Society Exhibits and Graphic Arts Department, a team consisting of graphic designers, landscape architects, builders, fabrication specialists, sculptors, welders, painters and horticulturists, designed a zoo with special effects such as real indoor clouds and artificial huge butterseed dipterocarp trees. This zoo, the first of its kind, was established in 1985 and helps students study animals closely.
Publication Name: Wildlife Conservation
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1048-4949
Year: 1995
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Creating Congo
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The Bronx Zoo prepared for its exhibit, Congo Gorilla Forest which opened June 1999, by enlisting the help of artists to design a realistic and inspiring African rain forest. The exhibit will serve as the home for gorillas, red river hogs, and about 70 other species. Scientists and artists modeled the forests with painstaking attention to detail to capture the imaginations of the visitors.
Publication Name: Wildlife Conservation
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1048-4949
Year: 1999
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Designed with children in mind: Uganda's Entebbe Zoo gets a facelif
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Uganda's Entebbe Zoo is spending $1.8 mil in an effort to acquaint visitors, especially children, with species and environments found in the nation's national parks. A forest area for chimpanzees, a new aviary, and a new lion exhibit are some features of the redesigned master plan.
Publication Name: Wildlife Conservation
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1048-4949
Year: 2000
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