Do you agree with zoos?

[Edwina's Secretary]

I think a well-run zoo is a good thing. Breeding programs. No droughts...a regular food supply...no predators

[king2005]

I think Zoo's are good (I know there are bad zoos & I boycott them, as the spca will deal with them & has). In Sudbury there was a horrible zoo, the animals were neglected & kept in not small but super TINY cages!

The OSPCA was finally able to close them down, but then they had a delema. What the heck are we going to do with SOOO many animals. Many zoos offered to take in a couple Animals, but Papanack Zoo rescued SOOOO many of the animals. Papanack does alot of big cat recuses & is in several breeding programs for lions & Tigers. Saddly in such short notice Papanack wasn't able to build NICE pens like their other animals had. However these small pens were FAR nicer then their last home. They now had fresh & proper diets, fresh clean water & a dog house to sleep in. The wolves grass was left long so they could hide.

Many of the animals are soo messed up. When the 3 of us went there, we litterly cried when we got to the wolves, as 1 was really messed up. He had a HUGE muddy ditch that he had dug to about 5 inches deep, 4 feet wide & TOO many feet long, just by pacing!! However Papanack had hired a guy to hang around the Wolf pens & his job was to tell people why the wolves & surounding animals looked horrible. AS they had only been there a few months & I guess people were complaining (can't blame them, Ottawa LOVES their animals). We got a phamplet that explained where the poor things came from & that all the money Papanack gets goes 100% to the animals. They were making plans to make nice pens for the animals once they had enough $.

I'd LOVE to go back & support their work, but thats 500km away & I don't have a car

[Suki Wingy]

Agree with them?? They are hopefully my future life! That is, good zoos. Zoos should be about displaying animals in a natural habitat and educating the public about animals.

[Zippy]

Yes Zoos have animals like pandas that are few in the wild and are making shore we will have them in the future.Some Zoos are good and some are bad.I like Zoos but circus is the think I hate more then anything