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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Zoos Exploit & Abuse Animals
- From PETA
By PETA - People for Ethical Treatment of Animals
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Slavery in animal form
Keeping a wild animal caged and put on for show is abuse. What gives us the right to do this. We have been doing this forever with human beings. We did it to Indians, Blacks, Hispanics and now since there are laws against human slavery, we move on to helpless animals . We don't have the right to do this.
- dms61757
August 6, 2009 4:12PM
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