What do you think about zoos?

[Izeroth]

 What do you think about zoos? Are they good? Are they bad? Are they both good and bad?

Supporters of zoos would say that they save species from extinction and help fund money for conservation, but those opposed to zoos would say that they're cruel to animals.

[The Mask]

There okay I guess. But it really depends. In developing countries they can be terrible concrete things but some are actually luxurious enclosures. So it's good and bad I suppose

[Izeroth]

 I think they can be good and bad as well. They can be really bad, with awful sanitation and lack of space for the creatures... But at the same time they can be really good. Most of the zoos in the United States are pretty good, I think (though there are a few bad ones). If done right, zoos can be very important (as in the case of the zoo near where I live, which houses multiple critically endangered species). If it weren't for zoos, many species of birds and mammals would likely have gone extinct by now.

[The Mask]

They can actually be dangerous This guy got eaten and mauled by a white tiger in an Indian zoo a little while back. But it was his own fault, we ignored the signs and jumped all the barriers.

[Søren]

I think wether or not a zoo is good depends on the zoo and culture. I think most Western cultured zoos take pretty good care of animals. However, in countries like India and if they exist there, the Middle East probably don't have good treatment of animals.

[Delthion]

They can actually be dangerous This guy got eaten and mauled by a white tiger in an Indian zoo a little while back. But it was his own fault, we ignored the signs and jumped all the barriers.

So you did it to?

[Søren]

They can actually be dangerous This guy got eaten and mauled by a white tiger in an Indian zoo a little while back. But it was his own fault, we ignored the signs and jumped all the barriers.

So you did it to?

*Click on overhead lamp in dark room with The Mask strapped to a chair*
Did you?

[Delthion]

You mean Mask right?

[Søren]

You mean Mask right?

No, I mean THE Mask.

[Delthion]

Correct...my apologies.

[Søren]

Ok...I typed Danflor then changed it to the Mask.
Anyway, back on topic:
The zoo we have here is nice. They had these two little leopards that they nursed to health. They do a lot, mostly for the clouded leopards.  Now, I recently saw a documentary called Blackfish. It's about the Orca whales that are in captivity in like SeaWorld and stuff. It's deep, moving and intense. If zoo animals are treated like that, then zoos should be investigated and punished.

[Delthion]

That Blackfish thing was mere propaganda. It wasn't even that bad! (As I remember it.)

[The Mask]

I think wether or not a zoo is good depends on the zoo and culture. I think most Western cultured zoos take pretty good care of animals. However, in countries like India and if they exist there, the Middle East probably don't have good treatment of animals.

India's zoos in general are pretty terrible. When I mentioned concrete things, I had an Indian zoo in mind. But I've also been to a really cool zoo in China. It was like three kilometers squared and all the enclosures were great.

[Izeroth]

 I believe some people got killed by a tiger at the San Diego zoo, but if I remember correctly, they had been taunting the tiger and throwing stuff at it.

[Lady Amber]

@ The Mask: You've been to China?