Dear Ed,
Much as Amy Thompson maybe right about animals in captivity being saved from
extinction,the Metro itself reported in Feb11,2008 about the way that the
Chinese make Lions ride horses as a
"freak show".If the
animals are in captivity and subject to this terror,then maybe they are better
left where they are. The fact is,it is mankind's blindness to his impact
on the environment,that causes animals to be in zoos. Zoos are a symptom,not
a solution. It is about time we started understanding we need animals in
the wild in order to survive ourselves.
DL Borrell
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