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I also have the same fears as you. I was raised going to the zoo and aquariums a lot when I was young. Although I don't actively participate in anything to help
by wapz 9y ago
I also have the same fears as you. I was raised going to the zoo and aquariums a lot when I was young. Although I don't actively participate in anything to help conserve wildlife (anything substantial at least) I consider myself someone who really cares for wildlife. Although I go to the zoo with my son quite frequently I feel his generation (or the next) may not appreciate wildlife as a whole.
- jacquesm 9y agoIn NL going to the zoo is now prohibitively expensive for most families, it's about as expensive as a day in a theme park and that means fewer people go to the zoo, which in turn leads to higher prices and so on.
- CydeWeys 9y agoIt's expensive to house, take care of, and feed all of those animals. It's way cheaper to hire some teenagers to run a rollercoaster than it is to run a primate house, I'd imagine. It's unfortunate but that's the realities of it.
- jacquesm 9y agoI understand. But it does start a cycle that is hard to break out of where the zoo will simply disappear.
- darklajid 9y agoOver here, at your neighbor to the east, it IS rather expensive if you visit just once. But most locations offer a ticket for a year, sometimes even for a family for a year, and become very affordable all of a sudden if you visit four to rive times a year or more. Since most of the zoos over here also offer mundane attractions for kids (fancy playgrounds, petting zoos and whatnot) it's a decent deal and in my experience something that works quite well.
- jacquesm 9y agoGood idea, I'll inquire about that. Thank you!
- drjasonharrison 9y agoCamping? Hikes?