America's Zoos: Entertainment to Conservation
The children run ahead, squealing with delight. Their parents lag
behind holding the children's brightly colored balloons and carrying the
remnants of the half-eaten cotton candy. The family stops to let the children
ride the minitrain and take pictures together under the tree. They walk hand-
in-hand toward the exit, stopping first at the gift shop where they each splurge
on a treat to remind them of the day's adventure. Although this may sound like
a typical scene from the local amusement park, it's actually the city zoo. All
that forgotten was walking from cage to cage watching the anxious animals pace
back and forth in their closed-in prisons (Hope, 1994). Their cages feel cold
and desolate. The concrete floor provides no warmth and the atmosphere is
sterile. The animals do not appear very happy in this closed-in environment.
Just who are these anxious animals? They are the common everyday animals any
child could name:......
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