APU Arken zoo

Are zoos valuable educational
and conservation institutions?
Sure, zoos are interesting, but they are
only educational in the sense that they
teach a disregard for the
natures of other living beings.
Besides, what can we learn about
wild animals by viewing them in captivity?

Zoos exist because we
are intrigued by exotic things,
and to zoo-goers,
zoo animals are just that: things.

In both cases, at circuses or zoos,
wild and exotic animals
are captured, caged,
transported and trained ... to
do what humans want them to do.