Reply #2: I feel the same, basically

[foreverdem]

It's really great that children, and adults for that matter, get a chance to see animals they would probably not get a chance to see any other way. But like you, I wonder about the consequences to these animals of not being in their natural habitat, constant exposure to gawking, sometimes antagonistic people, possible mistreatment, or being in an environment that is really not the proper size for them.

I don't go to the zoo anymore, I leave depressed.