For many people, the zoo is a source of childhood amazement and fond memories: swinging monkeys, laughing hyenas and growling tigers. Conservationists say zoos advance their educational and preservationist efforts, but others see zoos as prisons where innocent creatures are unjustly held captive. The next time your child asks you to take them to the zoo, what will your answer be?
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Who Speaks for the Animals?
Does a bad zoo damn ALL zoos?
Your statement rightly criticizes bad zoos. But you seem to take that then to prove that all zoos are bad. That makes little sense.
- Curious
March 4, 2009 7:39AM
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