... zoos have an educational value. This really is an inferior argument in favour of zoos. What sort of educational value is contained in watching animals behave in an unnatural way? We - as a group - can answer that question easily. There is little -if any- educational value for visitors to zoos. It has also been proven that animals die prematurely in zoos. For example, in 1991, twenty two of the twenty five Asiatic Lions were born in zoos around the world died. An 88% death rate for newborn animals is unnatural and we believe that there is one reason for this - zoos. Continuing, we propose that zoos are in fact death traps not sanctuaries for animals. Zoos in the United Kingdom are known to have supplied animals for use in experiments. Recently, a zoo research institute performed experiments on primates and wallabies. These experiments were the total opposite ...

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