Zoos do serve a purpose for many hapless wildlife species that are literally being poached and massacred into extinction in their native homelands.

Posted by: Brien Comerford | May 11, 2009 08:29 PM

Money be the root of all evil. :(

Posted by: Pepsi One is Fun | May 11, 2009 08:41 PM

you know.. if it wasnt for zoos who maby get 2 tiger cubs every 3 years the tiger would go extinct.. no tiger has gone homeless becuse a baby tiger happend to be born. you people are just so assinied...

Posted by: sarah | May 11, 2009 09:09 PM

This is such an awesome visual - I LOVE the sign! Zoos are horrific to animals and I'm so glad PETA speaks up for the animals held captive by them!

Posted by: Kelsey | May 12, 2009 10:00 AM

I know of many zoos that sell their older animals to hunting ranches once the new babies arrive...

Posted by: Rev. Meg Schramm | May 12, 2009 12:24 PM

this is partially a reply to "sarah", first i'll overlook your spelling errors and refute your obviously well read view of the way zoos work.the animals in the zoo could come from rescue operations,from circuses/other animal attractions which i also protest/boycott,but when they breed them in the zoo(just like puppy mills) these animals are born into slavery.you don't learn about them,they're not in their natural environment at all and finally they're bored out of their minds,and their natural instincts are frustrated to no end. they are live pictures of what their relatives are in the wild and because you(&people like you)are ignorant of the way the world around you works, they will remain enslaved until you can wake up and really see zoos for what they really are. how long until we see a mentally handicapped human in the zoo? when you see my point behind this then you're half way there.

Posted by: sean | May 12, 2009 12:46 PM

SARAH you are very misinformed. Tigers and other animals go "homeless" because when there is no room for them they end up in horrible conditions that you cannot consider a home.

BRIEN If you care so much about zoo animals going extinct than perhaps you should think about supporting wildlife sanctuaries, not attractions like zoos which only put animals on display - not do what's in their best interest, giving them the land and care they need.

Read up people!

Posted by: Stray | May 12, 2009 02:22 PM

Ah man it just embarrases me to know I went to a zoo ones.....

Posted by: karen | May 13, 2009 12:46 AM

i went to a zoo not to long ago. it saddened me. 2 hippos forced to share such a small space and one pool that could only fit one hippo at a time. i guess they had to switch off who was int he pool and who was land. because the space couldn't support their size at the same time. a bobcat forced to sit in a small glass case. no where to jump, can barely turn around, can barely scratch itself.

other animals seemed as if they just had nothing to do but stand there. or hide. it was sad. :(

Posted by: brandie | May 13, 2009 05:15 PM

The main zoo in my state does not have the animals "behind bars". The animals i see are in a pretty big area that resembles their natural habitat the only glass near them is beyond their reach and is only there to keep young children from falling in. Im also a part of my zoos membership program and they only have births maybe 1 or 2 a year.It is rare that they even get any new animals at all.The birds have their on aviary where they are free to fly around as they please. The elephants and other herd animals have several hundred acres to roam around in plus their own natural watering hole. I hate that everyone stereotypes zoos as being a cage-like environment. Go to every zoo then make your generalizations.

Posted by: kate | May 15, 2009 03:11 PM