Student Opinion | How Do You Feel About Zoos?

Here’s the question:

Students: Tell us about your zoo memories: when and where have you visited zoos, and how did they affect you? Do you agree with Mr. Siebert that we’re attracted to zoos to feel our kinship and commonality with animals, but also to feel the “bittersweet blend of awe and loneliness we humans feel over being the only animal who can look back at all the others and capture them?”

Many zoos, including the Bronx Zoo, have evolved as scientists learned more about animal behavior, psychology and needs. Do you think this is enough, or do you think, as do some quoted in this piece, that zoos “enslave” animals regardless of how and where they’re kept?

via Student Opinion | How Do You Feel About Zoos? – NYTimes.com.

And here’s how to participate:

Follow the link above to the NY Times website, read the article, read through the comments, and respond in the comment box. (Remember to use your first name only at the NY Times website.)

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