sozobe wrote:
I have read that people are much more willing to contribute money to save animals from extinction that they have seen at a zoo.
My own experience is similar, I've been to the San Diego zoo more times than I'd like because she's contributed so much to them that she has a lifetime pass with as many guests as she wants.
The San Diego zoo is also a conservationist headquarters, and just about the whole world consults with them on captivity breeding etc.
That being said, I think zoos are boring and wish the animals were free when I see cheap and dangerous "zoos" around the world (which often just mean a park with some cages of animals bought illegally). The animals are treated horribly, are not interesting (because they are half-dead) and the whole thing is quite dangerous ("lion eats kid" headlines tend to be from lesser zoos).
