@scottdphoto looking at the animals in captivity,a person with a keen sense of observation can see that something is missing,like a side of them is being repressed.Much like a man in prison with limitations of movements, rights and freedom leads to depression in spirit,mind and body same also happens to animals in captivity only difference is they become spectacles.I would rather go on a safari to see the animals in their natural habitat as nature intended them to be natural predators or prey doing the dance of death and life.
yeah but who wants to bring a toddler on safari? how many people can afford to?
So then just don't bring you kid on the safari? Wait a few years? Seeing "exotic" animals is not some kind of fundamental right we're entitled to.
I am sure I didn't say it was a fundamental right but if you want people to actually give a shit about those animals then letting them see and experience them is fairly basic, far fewer people will care about them if they are not inspired by them as children. It's pretty absurd and elitist to say "just go on safari instead". Not to mention how essential zoos are for research and conservation efforts. The individuals in the zoo are like ambassadors for their species.
@funbobby51. Wild animals belongs in the wild, anything short of that is irrelevant. If the kids wants to see them tune to National geographic channel