Gallery: The Murals That Zoos Use to Make Us Forget the Cages

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    Photos by Daniel Kukla
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    Temperate Rainforest

    Temperate Rainforest, 2009
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    Photos by Daniel Kukla
    02

    Wetlands

    Wetlands, 2008
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    Photos by Daniel Kukla
    03

    Neotropical Rainforest

    Neotropical Rainforest, 2009
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    Photos by Daniel Kukla
    04

    Montane Exhibit

    Montane Exhibit, 2010
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    Photos by Daniel Kukla
    05

    Monuments National Park

    Sonoran Desert Ecosystem, 2011
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    Photos by Daniel Kukla
    06

    Highlands

    High lands, 2010
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    Photos by Daniel Kukla
    07

    Aviary Exhibit

    Aviary Installation, 2009
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    Photos by Daniel Kukla
    08

    Savannah

    Savannah, 2010
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    Photos by Daniel Kukla
    09

    Primary Rainforest

    Primary Growth Rainforest, 2011
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    Photos by Daniel Kukla
    10

    Everglades Estuary

    Everglades Ecosystem, 2010
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    Photos by Daniel Kukla
    11

    Antarctic

    Antarctic, 2012
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    Photos by Daniel Kukla
    12

    Marshlands

    Marshes, 2011
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    Photos by Daniel Kukla
    13

    Riparian Ecosystem

    Riparian Ecosystem, 2010
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    Photos by Daniel Kukla
    14

    Old Growth Forest

    Old World Forest, 2012
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    Photos by Daniel Kukla
    15

    Shrublands

    Unknown Habitat, 2011
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    Photos by Daniel Kukla
    16

    Intercoastal System

    Intertidal Zone, 2011
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