No More Zoos?

Hey, y'know I thought that was probably you I heard monkeying around out there in cyber space and what do you know...you drop right in. Nice to see you, too! An interesting story for you today but first...grab yourself a coffee and a virtual treat. Now tell me...what would you think if there were no more zoos in the world? Well we may be headed that way.

The Costa Rican government announced recently that it would close all its zoos, effective March 2014, and free animals either to the wild or to safe "retirement" shelters. 

Since the country is known for its expansive biodiversity (500,000 unique organisms, despite occupying barely more than 1/100th of 1 percent of Earth's area), it is time, the environment minister said, to allow the organisms to interact instead of imprisoning them. 

Costa Rica is also one of only four countries to ban the exploitation of dolphins. Aha! Letting nature and evolution take it's course instead of putting animals on display. What do you think about that? Let me know if you would be in favour of a similar policy where you live or not, okay?

See ya, eh!

Bob