What are your personal thoughts about zoos in general and the alarming rate of declining populations of different animal species around the globe?

What are your personal thoughts about zoos in general and the alarming rate of declining populations of different animal species around the globe?
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I’m on the fence about this. While I looove visiting the San Diego Zoo, I think animals should be able to live free in their own habitat. I don’t think they need to be put in captvity to help repopulate certain endangered species… i’m sure there are ways in which they can keep them in their own environment while monitoring them that way, right?
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