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Zoos (and Sea World for that matter) do a lot of good for animal conservation, research, and public awareness. Obviously in an optimal world, no animals would be caged. But, sometimes you have to sacrifice a few for the many. As long as they are fed and well cared for (and good comes out of it), it's a necessary evil.

Circuses on the other hand are just awful. They do no good and are there for nothing but entertainment. They are not given large areas to play and roam and are continually mistreated.

 

But we eat animals on a daily basis, no???

 

We eat meat on a daily basis that is kept in horrible living conditions prior to slaughter... Makes the zoo look like Eden. Further, I believe people have more respect for their food when they have to hunt it, kill it, skin it and clean it.

 

The problem with some of these third world zoo's is that the country can barely feed its people. If the people are malnourished, I can't imagine why they would even open a zoo.

Btw there is a newer zoo in another city in Indonesia and it's much, much better with higher standards and all.

 

I'm a huge fan of the zoo and I see all the good they are trying to do but even the World Famous San Diego Zoo has some pretty sorry as enclosures for some animals. There are bears who have gone insane and just pace back and forth in their small cement enclosures. Large cats who are kept in small metal cages and this is at supposively the best zoo in the world.

 

So children in developed countries, which need a portion of their population to be educated about various topics including nature, can see and learn about animals without also being eaten by them.

 

Yeah but it's much more fun when you have wild beasts chasing you. Then you'd get to watch that slow fat kid who doesn't really have any friends get eaten alive. Survival of the fittest first hand.

 

A communal movie would be completely worthless, kids might not even be able to distinguish real animals from whatever else they see in movies; furthermore they need to see how animals react to them as opposed whatever stimuli they're reacting to in movies. We have an entire agricultural and veterinary sector that depends on humans being able and willing to interact with animals in person. We also need educated professionals who will have to control these animal populations abroad, there's no good reason for people in an industrialized society to not have face to face interaction with animals.

 

in Australia they hunt feral cat....

 

and after looking at the subject again chalk up Wisconsin and N.J.