Zoos are a barbaric tradition from darker ages, it's very surprising to me that there aren't more outraged people that we keep animals against their will in con

Zoos are a barbaric tradition from darker ages, it's very surprising to me that there aren't more outraged people that we keep animals against their will in confined spaces just so that we have something to gawk at during weekends. I understand efforts to preserve animals threatened by extinction, but this is not the case. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo#Surplus_animals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo#Surplus_animals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo#Condition_of_the_animals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo#Condition_of_the_animals