Comments on: Modern Zoos http://eddietejeda.com/2008/02/19/modern-zoos/ civic-minded developer and researcher Wed, 14 Sep 2011 06:54:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andrew http://eddietejeda.com/2008/02/19/modern-zoos/#comment-137 Andrew Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:36:00 +0000 http://www.nailchipper.com/2008/02/19/modern-zoos/#comment-137 Zoos are kind of a tricky thing. You can argue that restricting some of these animals to areas much smaller than their natural habitat constitutes a form of abuse. On the other hand, I can certainly imagine that some people grow to love and appreciate animals from seeing them in a zoo. So you could make the argument that a small number of specimens from a species must suffer in zoos in order to elicit preservation for the remaining specimens living in the wild. Also, some species are so endangered in the wild that the only safe place for them to be is in zoos. None of this is to argue that zoos are an ideal solution, though. One compromise might be for States or countries to go the extreme route. Instead of having a zoo in each major city with exotic animals, how about having a single very large regional zoo? This way, some animals could be given almost the amount of roaming space that they would normally expect in the wild, although this could be problematic for truly mobile animals like birds. BTW, Eddie you need to blog on your trip to South America soon! Zoos are kind of a tricky thing. You can argue that restricting some of these animals to areas much smaller than their natural habitat constitutes a form of abuse. On the other hand, I can certainly imagine that some people grow to love and appreciate animals from seeing them in a zoo. So you could make the argument that a small number of specimens from a species must suffer in zoos in order to elicit preservation for the remaining specimens living in the wild. Also, some species are so endangered in the wild that the only safe place for them to be is in zoos. None of this is to argue that zoos are an ideal solution, though. One compromise might be for States or countries to go the extreme route. Instead of having a zoo in each major city with exotic animals, how about having a single very large regional zoo? This way, some animals could be given almost the amount of roaming space that they would normally expect in the wild, although this could be problematic for truly mobile animals like birds.

BTW, Eddie you need to blog on your trip to South America soon!

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