There is something incredibly sad about animals being squished into small spaces that look nothing like their natural habitats. People claim to save animals by bringing them into captivity, but often it is evident that the animals are unhappy. In…
This zoo lets animals roam freely, while visitors are in cages
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Chongqing City in China is home to the Lehe Ledu Wildlife Zoo. It seems like a typical zoo – Bengal tigers, white tigers and bears are just a few of the animals that visitors will see –…
Photos show that zoos are more like animal prisons than a conservation effort
BY: CONNOR BRIAN Photos: Gaston Lacombe The last time I visited a zoo, I got this weird feeling in the pit of my stomach. Between visions of children gawking, and snotty teens smacking the helpless animals’ glass enclosures it felt…
Human zoos are one of Europe’s most shameful secrets, and only ended in the ’50s.
BY: BRITTANY ROSEN Not too long ago, people from Belgium, France and many other countries came to visit humans, locked up in cages, exhibited in front of a large audience and thrown in with animals at their local zoo. Many…