4,500 years of zoos and animal keeping
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Greece
Rome
Ancient China
Medieval Europe
Medieval China
British deerparks
Late middle ages and renaissance times
Mexico
European zoos 1500-1800
Menageries
London Zoo in the nineteenth century
Carl Hagenbeck
Woburn
Other twentieth-century developments
Animals and their rights
Animals themselves
Animal rights
Animals' right to freedom
Wildness, cruelty and domination
Wildness
Do zoos keep wild animals?
Cruelty
Domination
Wild living versus zoo living
Length of life and violent death
Are zoo animals healthier than wild animals?
Food, pleasure and purpose
Evolution and adaptation
Judging well-being
Health
Breeding
Natural behaviour
Abnormal behaviour
Direct indications
Theoretical assessment
Keeping and display of animals
Six ways of keeping animals
Aesthetics and purpose of zoo design
Aesthetic of the naturalistic
Is it captivity?

(cont) Why conservation is a moral matter
Caring for objects
Different ways of conserving
Vandalism
Animals as natural works of art
Animals as animals
Why animals merit double respect
Zoos and conservation
Conservational captive breeding
Breeding technology
Culling
Reintroduction
Species selection, valuing and finance
Supplementary conservational roles
Science in zoos
Taxonomy
General observation and investigation
Veterinary study
Genetics
Behaviour
Source for anatomical material
Milieu for scientific activities
On zoos not being scientific
Usefulness of science in zoos
Education in zoos
Why keep real animals?
Involvement with animals
On zoological and other gardens
On real plants and animals
Communities or prisons?
Taking animals from the wild.