views on zoos

i have really enjoyed the discussions that the class has had surroundsing the article about zoos and pornography. personally i don't think that zoos are pornographic but i do agree that they are not the ideal way to treat and interact with animals. i hope that in the future humans can come up with a better way for humans to interact with animals without them being contained in too small cages where they are not truly comfortable. i think that the point that zoos are not as educational as some might say is valid, because while there are those plaques all over with information on the animals the percentage of people who actually read them is probably smaller than expected. personally i like parts where people get in a truck or somthing similar because the animals are less contained (at least seemingly). the experience is realer because the animals can be viewed from afar or from closer up depending on where the animals want to be. i hope that we can improve upon this idea in the future. or, better yet humans should stop destroying the animals natural habitat so they can live in the wild with some way of seeing them devised so that we'll be safe but still getting a chance to view and admire them.