Writing Prompt- How Do You Feel About Zoos?

This seems like one of the most random prompts to choose but I'm going to go for it. Zoos have always been one of my favorite places, especially when I was little. I love animals and seeing all of those weird and cool animals in one place is a wild ride. I'm probably even annoying to go to zoos with because I either want to stay at certain animals the whole time or I'm running to the next one because I get pretty excited. Unfortunately, though, I can't pet all the animals in zoos. Except for zoos that have petting zoos. Those are the best.

Despite my enthusiasm about zoos, I know that they aren't the best place for animals. Some zoos do help with endangered species and such but it can't be a good enough life for them to live in those small enclosures. Zoos also take animals from the wild sometimes which is horrible for them to go from such freedom to incarceration in a zoo. They also still teach animals to do tricks and such which we know is not humane because almost all of these operations use physical punishment to make them do these tricks. Finally, though I enjoy zoos, I know that the animals aren't living their best lives and it would be better for them if we didn't lock them up for our enjoyment.