I don’t want to be convinced that Zoos are bad or something, I want the points that might make them bad and the general thought you have on other things like that, I asked here because I want it from a point of view from people who also see human exploitation as a bad thing yk.
There is value in seeing and putting into context real, actual, existing animals in front of your face instead of minimal-context videos of animals of ambiguous size on videos. But that’s why you should and go see animals in the real world.
I’ll compromise, how about a well-kept grass-free hiking trail?
hiking trails can have a lil’a native grasses as a treat