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Stay Zeus

                                               ­­­­­­­­                What is that sound? That’s the sound of a zoo. Zoos are good places for everyone- young  and old. However recently many people started to think otherwise. Let me tell you why - Harambe’s death at Cincinnati Zoo caused a great din around the world and put zoos under scrutiny, like a bacterium under a microscope, by animal rights activist groups. Which is why I think it’s time for us to revisit   the reasons why zoos were conceived in the first place.       Zoos were made for people to learn about animals – the young and old, the privileged and under-privileged and the naturalists. It didn’t matter why you went there. Whether it was to see animals, or to fee...