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BIOLOGY COURSEWORK DONE BY; SIMI MATHEW TARGET AUDIENCE: A-LEVEL BIOLOGY STUDENTS INTRODUCTION: Page 1 FIRST BIOLOGICAL ASPECT: ROLE OF MODERN ZOOS IN CONSERVATION: Page 2 SECOND (MAJOR) ASPECT: CAPTIVE BREEDING: Page 4 WORD COUNT: 1942 Introduction This report is based on the visit to Paignton Zoo (Devon) on March 2007.The zoo encourages conservation and participates in captive breeding programs .This made me to think of need of conservation and how modern zoos help in conservation by captive breeding. Many species are becoming extinct before they have even been scientifically named. Current rate of extinction is at least hundred to thousand times higher than the natural rate. This is due to a range of factors caused by humans, pollution, global climate change, deforestation, population growth etc. First biological aspect: Role of Modern Zoos in Conservation Role of zoos In the past zoos were merely focused on the collection of exotic animals, to be nothing more that curiosities for the wealthy, and the...

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