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Zoos...ah what a subject. The only zoos that i am in favour of are those that are actively promoting the conservation and even rehabilitation of animals...especially the endangered ones. Zoos that have plenty of wide open spaces for the animals in question...right down to the smallest insect...they all deserve the right enclosures. Zoos that are purely in it for the money aspect are the ones that appall me, they make me very angry indeed.
Im sticking by my guns that the bet zoo in the world is Australia Zoo...i know that may sound a bit predictable to come from me but the work that goes on there is amazing. All the animals are in enclosures that are perfect for them and all have masses of room for themselves. They are fed extremely well with the motto of if it's not good enough for you to eat then it's not enough for the animals. It prides itself on rehabilitation and the care and even breeding programmes for endangered animals. It also holds one of the best educational programmes in the world and it is this that i also feel is important. All profits made at the zoo go directly back into conservation and that is a rarity in itself.
Another set i am really against is the likes of SeaWorld...i do not believe in putting animals through gruelling training routines so that they can spend their lives putting on entertainment shows.
On the nature tourism line.....in a way i feel that is actually a good benefit....as long as it is along the lines that for example Whale One works by....conservation through excitiing education...if we can touch people about wildlife and let them have amazing encounters then they will want to save it....people want to save things that they love after all.
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