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it's my understanding that most of the animals you see in a zoo these days were either a) born in a zoo or b) injured in the wild and are usually incapable of being self-sufficient with said injuries, or c) rescued from the circus or are confiscated pets.
the polar bears at my zoo, for instance, were born in cincinnati. the male lion was someone's pet until he got too big.
either way, it's a simple fact that some animals adapt very well to zoos, and some don't. reptiles? great. small mammals? great. ground dwelling birds? great. free-flight birds? not so great, though all of the raptors at my zoo fall into the B category (broken wings).
mammals that typically range several miles in a day do poorly in zoos. elephants, antelope, gazelle, and pretty much all of the african plains mammals belong in wildlife parks, not 3 acre enclosures.
big cats do surprisingly well, since all they do in the wild is sleep and lounge around.
but, yeah. zoos can be very depressing. i went to the san diego zoo three weeks ago and had mixed feelings. 8000 animals on a hundred acres? really? on the other hand, they do have that wildlife park where they let big mammals roam free.
at least it's not sea world..
also, no one let me forget to post the photo i took of a woman shooting photos of the pandas at the SDZ with a Super 1-2-3.
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