The publication “The Welfare of Animals in Zoos and EU Legal Standards” is an extremely interesting and multidisciplinary study of issues concerning animals in zoos. Its chapters encompass legal issues, with particular emphasis on EU law, an issues related to animal welfare. The authors of this publication are lawyers and representatives of the biological sciences. This book can be an excellent inspiration for further discussion on zoos and fully deserves to be recommended to readers interested in animal protection law as well as widely understood environmental issues. ukryj opis