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Boston Zoo May Close and Kill Animals

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I'm not a fan of zoos on principle. But I know there are good zoos and bad zoos. Unfortunately I think there are way more bad zoos than good ones. But even for a bad zoo, this is awful. A lot of the comments are just about keeping zoos open for families and children. Who would they euthanize? It doesn't say.

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Dutch Whale Denied Freedom; Must Go to Spanish Amusement Park

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Here's an excerpt from the online Boston Globe. This feels like a defeat because an animal like this really belongs in the sea and not a zoo," Bleker said in a statement. Unfortunate, but the court decided she would not survive being returned to the wild. Morgan belongs in the wild, but not at all costs.".

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