Zoos are necessary for the same reason that music is a necessity and art is a necessity. It’s just no man lives by bread alone. And the whole, the role of zoos, as I see it, is to further an understanding of the entire world of nature, appreciation of nature, particularly the beauty of the natural world and to deprive children of that interest and that opportunity is, in my mind, the same as depriving them of other forms of art and music, and history and other life enrichment experiences. I know your shirt is kind of unique.
