Zoo directors try to strike a balance with entertaining the public
(NEWSER) - To be or not to be: That is increasingly the question for American zoos, which have to choose whether entire species live or die, the New York Times reports. With many species facing extinction, zoos are being asked to preserve the most endangered, a mission that can conflict with their need to entertain the public. "That model is broken," says one conservationist of zoos-as-entertainment. "There needs to be an explicit role for zoos to champion species.” More»
