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The Zoo Question: 4,000 Years of Captivity
When 31 sloths died at a Florida facility that marketed itself as a conservation paradise, the USDA had already documented feces in the water supply and visible weight loss — yet the facility stayed open for months. This isn't just one bad actor. It's a 4,000-year-old system where the impulse to display living creatures for entertainment has always been in tension with the scientific and conservation missions zoos claim today. We trace zoos from the Sumerian king Shulgi of Ur to the London Zoo's rapid slide from scientific institution to chimpanzee tea party, examine the three main ethical…
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