Recommended General Literature:
| Author | Title | © Year | ISBN | Publisher |
| Baratay E., Hardouin-Fugier E. | Zoo: A History of Zoological Gardens in the West | 1998 | 1-86189-208-x | Reaktion Books |
| Botting D. | Gerald Durrell, the authorised biography | 1999 | 0-00-638730-6 | Harper Collins Publishers |
| de Courcy C. | The Zoo story | 1995 | 1-85471-777-4 | Claremont Book |
| Dick G., Gusset M. (Ed.) | Building a Future for Wildlife: Zoos and Aquariums committed to biodiversity conservation | 2010 | 978-3-033-02234-8 | World Association of Zoos and Aquariums |
| Domalain J-Y. | Ik was handelaar in wilde dieren (L'adieu aux bêtes) | 1975 | 90-6017-6006 | Gaade/Amerongen |
| Durrell G. | The bafut beagles | 1954 | 246-63513-4 | Rupert Hart-Davis |
| Durrell G. | The new Noah | 1955 | 0-0067-1671-7 | William Collins Sons & Co Ltd |
| Durrell G. | The stationary ark | 1976 | 0-00-635000-3 | Harper Collins Publishers |
| Hanson E. | Animal Attractions, nature on display in American Zoos | 2002 | 0-691-05992-6 | Princeton University Press |
| Hediger H. | Man and Animal in the Zoo (Mensch und Tier im Zoo) | 1965 | '70-85758' | Seymour Lawrence / Delacorte press |
| Hosey G., Melfi V., Pankhurst S. | Zoo animals | 2009 | 978-0-19-923306-9 | Oxford University Press |
| Irwin M.D., Stoner J.B., Cobaugh A.M. (Ed.) | Zookeeping, an introduction to the science and technology | 2013 | 978-0-226-92531-8 | University of Chicago Press |
| Kisling V.N. Jr. (Ed.) | Zoo and Aquarium history * | 2001 | 0-8493-2100-x | CRC Press |
| Norton B.G., Hutchins M., Stevens E.F., Maple T.L | Ethics on the ark | 1995 | 1-56098-689-1 | Smithsonian Institution Press |
| Rothfels N. | Savages and beasts, the birth of modern zoo * | 2002 | 0-8018-6910-2 | The Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Tudge C. | Last animals at the zoo; how mass extinction can be stopped | 1991 | 0-09-174409-1 | Hutchinson Radius |
| Wilson E.O. | Sociobiology, the new synthesis | 1975 | 0-674-00235-0 | The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press |
| Zimmerman A., Hatchwell M., Dickie L., West C. | Zoos in the 21st century | 2007 | 978-0-521-61858-8 | Cambridge University Press |
* highly recommended
Zoo Specific Literature:
| Author | Title | © Year | ISBN | Publisher |
| Barrington-Johnson J. | The Zoo, the story of London zoo | 2005 | 978-0-7090-7372-7 | Robert Hale London |
| Gerritsen A. (red.) | Iets grootsch & buitengewoons, 150 jaar Rotterdam Diergaarde | 2007 | 978-90-75111-03-3 | Koninklijke Rotterdamse Diergaarde Blijdorp |
| Lloyd J. | Wonder never ceases, Edinburgh zoo into the 21st century | 2006 | 1-904050-13-1 | the ABR Company Ltd |
| Masters B. | The passion of John Aspinall | 1988 | 0-224-02353-5 | Jonathan Cape Ltd |
| Nieuwendijk J.G. | Zoo was artis, zo is artis | 1970 | 90-6054-672-5 | Uitgeverij J.H. De Bussy N.V., Amsterdam |
