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Originally Posted by Dr. Zaius
News stations are now asking whether big cats should even be on display at Zoos. Much like the trend to discontinue elephant exhibits at zoos. I tend to agree. To me there is nothing worse than to see a lion or tiger pacing back and forth in it's enclosure out of boredom.
I have always been more of a supporter for places like Walt Disney worlds Animal safari that looks like a natural habitat. I would however like to see even more space for those animals and take the emphasis off keeping them in full view of an audience. It means that although it looks like a natural habitat, they still have very limited space. We need to emphasize the comfort of the animal and not displaying it everyday..
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Right on. Zoos are depressing. "Look at the worlds most efficient predator pace around aimlessley, kids!" Worse yet are the gorrillas and other great apes. Sitting around, playing with tires and barbells, looking at you through the glass. Sometimes when you look a gorilla or a chimp in the eye, it's chilling. It's almost like they know what's going on, and they aren't happy about it. I'll never forget a big silverback gorilla making eye contact with me at the Omaha zoo, our faces inches apart through the glass. Just stared right into my eyes, through my soul, it seemed. It had a very.......human feeling to it. Kind of scary, really sad. The gorilla eventually smashed his hand into the glass and ran away. Seemed to me out of anger or frusration. I haven't been to a zoo since. No plans to go back to another one.