‘Captivity is Degrading’: Why a Major City is Shutting Down its Zoo

The Argentinian capital has hosted a zoo for more than 140 years. But that’s coming to an end, Buenos Aires Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta announced this week, as he unveiled plans to transform the facility into an ecological park. “This situation of captivity is degrading for the animals, it’s not the way to take care of them,” he said Thursday, … Continue reading →