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Animals can provide great opportunities for entertainment and learning. Most children are naturally drawn to animals; therefore interaction with animals can be a fun activity where learning comes as a side-affect.

Children become more actively engaged and learning will become easier when they are interested and enjoying themselves. It is for these reasons that animal images are widely used in school activities throughout the curriculum

Most zoos have education departments that conduct group programs. An educator or naturalist may demonstrate live animals, point out important aspects at exhibits. Zoos give people an opportunity to observe animals they would never otherwise get the chance to see.

Zoos create educational programs in order to provide an educational opportunity for everyone. Zoos throughout the world are trying to coordinate efforts to breed endangered species. The information they are learning about these animals will help zoologists preserve the species out in the wild. Most major cities have zoos and many of them work together to care for, study and protect their animals.