Leipzig Zoo

We visited the Leipzig Zoo on Friday and I had a chance to sift through my photos from the day. This one was my favorite. I am less and less a fan of zoos. The Leipzig Zoo has been extensively upgraded and efforts have been made to provide large and "natural" habitats. Still, the large animals and the primates showed the typical zoo behaviors of repetitive pacing, swaying and so forth. Animals belong in nature, not zoos. The zoos tell us where the animals are from, what they eat, maybe something about their habitiat - but they don't tell us why the animals are in the zoos. I think it's rather better to meet animals on equal terms, not our terms. Here is a great article on the ethcis of zoos: Thought to Exist in the Wild