4-5 minutes March 10, 2015 · 12:30 PM EDT Listen to the full interview. Sumatran tiger Melati looks inside a present put out to celebrate the first birthday of her cub triplets in their enclosure at the London Zoo on February 4, 2015. Credit: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters Zoos have a long history. As early as 2500 BC, Egyptian aristocrats created menageries; in 1520, the Aztec Emperor Montezuma II maintained one of the earliest animal collections in the Western Hemisphere. Today about 175 million people visit zoos across the globe every year. But despite their history, as well as arguments from conservationists and educators that they're necessary, Outside Magazine contributor Tim Zimmermann says it's time that zoos permanently close their gates. we definitely know is that many animals suffer in zoos," Zimmermann says. "There are “What high mortality rates, there are injuries and The science and research also there’s depression. shows that wide-ranging animals the animals that are most popular for people to see, like — tigers and bears are the animals that do worst in the zoos." — He argues there are plenty of other ways to see and learn about animals in the modern age, everything from visiting your own backyard to watching YouTube videos and televised nature specials. Zimmermann says also unclear what people actually learn from visiting zoos. it’s are intended to educate and promote conservation, but most of the studies done by the zoo “Zoos industry on this topic really ask people whether they thought they learned something rather than whether they actually learned he says. something,”
4-5 minutes March 10, 2015 · 12:30 PM EDT Listen to the full interview. Sumatran tiger Melati looks inside a present put out to celebrate the first birthday of her cub triplets in their enclosure at the London Zoo on February 4, 2015. Credit: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters Zoos have a long history. As early as 2500 BC, Egyptian aristocrats created menageries; in 1520, the Aztec Emperor Montezuma II maintained one of the earliest animal collections in the Western Hemisphere. Today about 175 million people visit zoos across the globe every year. But despite their history, as well as arguments from conservationists and educators that they're necessary, Outside Magazine contributor Tim Zimmermann says it's time that zoos permanently close their gates. “What we definitely know is that many animals suffer in zoos," Zimmermann says. "There are high mortality rates, there are injuries and there’s depression. The science and research also shows that wide-ranging animals — the animals that are most popular for people to see, like tigers and bears — are the animals that do worst in the zoos." He argues there are plenty of other ways to see and learn about animals in the modern age, everything from visiting your own backyard to watching YouTube videos and televised nature specials. Zimmermann says it’s also unclear what people actually learn from visiting zoos. “Zoos are intended to educate and promote conservation, but most of the studies done by the zoo industry on this topic really ask people whether they thought they learned something rather than whether they actually learned something,” he says.
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