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Old 02-05-2008, 11:15 AM   #38 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by gorillamom View Post
Yes when dog and other animals are not treated right, that is despicable. I think Heretic said it best, these animals belong in sanctuaries and the public needs to stay away. I've seen to many animals suffer at zoos, one recently at the zoo here. One of the giraffe's broke it's leg, but the zoo made the keepers have the giraffe do the "Walk" for the public before putting it down. If that is not an animals suffering for human entertainment I don't know what is.
I would love see zoos that were huge natural habitat parks, and access for people is all built underground with observation stations throuout, invisible to the animals.
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