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Are Zoos A Necessary Evil For Species Conservation?

March 31, 2021 No Comments

Every few months we see pictures or videos of some animals in zoos which are clearly in distress. It makes us really sad and angry and we run social media campaigns to free those animals or close those zoos. There is no denying the fact that a badly managed zoo is the worst sort of […]

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