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2/ On the one hand, like most urban people, I have great memories associated with zoos. I've twice organized a conference at a zoo.
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3/ Realistically, there's no other way to get large urban populations up close and personal with the huge non-farm-animal world out there.
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@arslibertatis Well, the large charismatic megafauna tend to dominate zoo collections, so zoos mainly affect those.
@arslibertatis Depends. I am not doctrinaire about this stuff. It's a question for species level specialists whether tradeoffs are worth it