The New York Zoological Society has changed the name of the Bronx "Zoo" to the "Wildlife Conservation Park." As society president William Conway told the New York Times, the word "zoo" can mean a "place marked by 'rampant confusion or disorder.' We are not confused or disordered."

Barbara Rose, writing in the New York Times Magazine to commend the change, explained that those formerly called "zoo keepers" are now more properly referred to as "wildlife friends," and that a "zoo guide" should now be called a "wildlife preservation center docent."

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