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@ 06/08/08 – 09:24:40 pm
Zoos today are far removed from animals in cages.The environments provided are at times nothing short of amazing. But opinions are still divided as to whether we should have zoos.
Zoos do provide very good care and protection for many species today. The zoo is a great motivator for learning, especially for children.
I wonder if your thoughts are similar or quite different.
NotBob
Pro 
skip2468
Thank you for your very thoughtful comments. It's good to know that there is an another of us who has things worked out right.
antlady69
Pro Hm, everything I wanted to say has already been said by you and NotBob. 
skip2468
Great that we agree once again.
indigoblue
When I was a young girl I used to visit a victorian zoo with just caged animals, that seemed a really bad environment for the poor animals. The elephants went for a run on the beach most days. Later I worked in a modern zoo and most of the animals were rescued from a bad life anyway, The animals were well loved and cared for. Even the lions had heated trees to sit on.
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Yes, when one sees the shocking ways that many animals suffer in the wild the zoos today deserve great praise.
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Modern zoos have come a long way from the days when the landed gentry kept menageries of strange and exotic beasts in confined cages as a status symbol. They are far more concerned these days with the welfare of the animals in terms of health and conservation. They are also excellent not only for the education of children, but also that of the next generation of naturalists and conservationists, and their work to prevent the extinction of rare species is sometimes, unfortunately, the only chance that those species will get due to man's continued lack of respect for the natural world.
There are those, however, who think that it is immoral to take any creature away from it's natural habitat, but as I have said, mankind seems intent on destroying said habitats at an alarming rate. When will we ever learn?