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Kitty Mowmow's Animal Expo: Are zoos an anachronism from a time before the internet and Animal Planet?

Matt · 1 year ago

The reality is that it's simply a much more entrancing and exciting experience when these amazing creatures are just feet away from you. Not in a picture or a movie but almost within reach. And it's that environment that generates the desire to learn, which isn't something that's going to happen flipping channels.
mjschindler · 1 year ago

Hi Matt,

I agree. I don't think zoos are outdated. Television really can't give the same sensory experience that being within a few feet of a living wild animal can.

My favorite part of zoos have always been the petting zoos, because then you can really touch and interact with the animals. I wish ordinary people like me could interact this closely with all sorts of animals, but I know it usually takes a lot of training and still poses risk. A tiger petting zoo would be a lawsuit waiting to happen (but I would be willing to risk it)!