AR-News: (US-il) It's no longer a (traditional) zoo out there

[animalconcerns at fastmail.us]

[from Christian Science Monitor -- also, Online Poll, "Is there ever a
good reason to keep a wild animal in captivity?"]

CHICAGO – For Wanda and Winky, this fall will bring a new home, warmer
weather, and spacious grounds. For visitors to the Detroit Zoo, it will
mean the loss of a big - several wrinkled tons, actually - attraction.

The zoo's recent announcement that it won't keep its aging Asian
elephants because it can't give them the space, companionship, and
climate they need has caused more than a few ripples in Detroit - and
the zoo community nationwide. After all, a zoo without elephants?

full story:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0615/p01s03-ussc.html

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