| Knoxville Zoo Contributor(s): Haskins, Sonya A. (Author), Hanna, Jack (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0738544051 ISBN-13: 9780738544052 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2007 Annotation: The Knoxville Zoo began as the Birthday Park Zoo in 1948. Due to a lack of expertise and funding, the Humane Society started proceedings to close the zoo in 1971 after the animals welfare came under scrutiny. The zoo was saved by Guy Smith, a local television executive, who took on the job as the zoos first director at a salary of $1 per year. Smith managed to convince the City of Knoxville and the local community to invest in this wonderful sanctuary. As the zoos conditions improved and awareness was raised, a focus was placed on breeding threatened or endangered animals. These efforts were rewarded in 1978 with the birth of the first two African elephants to be born in the western hemisphere. This book celebrates the zoos fascinating history with approximately 200 black-and-white images and detailed captions of its birth, rebirth, and journey toward becoming one of the nations premier zoological institutions. This is a keepsake that zoo visitors and wildlife enthusiasts alike will enjoy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Science | Life Sciences - Zoology - General - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Historical |
| Dewey: 590.737 |
| LCCN: 2006936542 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 6.68" W x 9.25" (0.70 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Geographic Orientation - Tennessee - Locality - Knoxville, Tennessee |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Knoxville Zoo began as the Birthday Park Zoo in 1948. Due to a lack of expertise and funding, the Humane Society started proceedings to close the zoo in 1971 after the animals welfare came under scrutiny. The zoo was saved by Guy Smith, a local television executive, who took on the job as the zoo s first director at a salary of $1 per year. Smith managed to convince the City of Knoxville and the local community to invest in this wonderful sanctuary. As the zoo s conditions improved and awareness was raised, a focus was placed on breeding threatened or endangered animals. These efforts were rewarded in 1978 with the birth of the first two African elephants to be born in the western hemisphere. This book celebrates the zoo s fascinating history with approximately 200 black-and-white images and detailed captions of its birth, rebirth, and journey toward becoming one of the nation s premier zoological institutions. This is a keepsake that zoo visitors and wildlife enthusiasts alike will enjoy." |
Contributor Bio(s): Haskins, Sonya A.: - Author Sonya A. Haskins has teamed with the zoo s executive director, staff, and volunteers to create this stunning pictorial history of the Knoxville Zoo. Jack Hanna, director emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and television s popular wildlife expert, wrote a wonderful foreword based on his personal experiences at the zoo. |