The Calgary Zoo does a respectable job with the animals in their care. It's incredibly difficult to keep a variety of animals healthy and happy. In the age of the internet and TV I think that keeping animals captive for education purposes is ridiculous. There's no reason to keep large intelligent animals in environments inadequate for their natural behaviour. I like that our zoo has focused on breeding endangered species, that should be the focus of zoos worldwide. The old days are gone and we know better than to keep animals we can't properly provide for in prison for their entire lives.
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