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I think both are to blame. Zoos have long since outlived their usefulness.  I have cats who are now indoor-only, but weren't always. My largest cat is somewhere between 20-25 pounds (not Weebles). He has the run of a 1,700 square foot house. He can go on the tables, counters, floors, up cat furniture that is six feet tall...pretty much anywhere he can reach. But for him, it will never be enough space to meet his needs. And he's a 22 pound animal in a 1,700 sq ft house. Animals in zoos frequently become neurotic from the combined stressors of not enough space, the wrong environment for their species climate-wise, and far too much human attention. It's a sad life for those animals, and I would think that almost anyone could understand why sometimes they snap. The young men knew the rules of conduct for attending the zoo, yet chose to defy them. They were guilty of ignorance more than malice, to be sure, but they were wrong to taunt the animal, in the same manner as...
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