In my opinion, zoos have got to understand that not just entertainment, not just public education, but all of it together within a core effort of wildlife preservation. If you’re in the zoo business, why wouldn’t preserving wild animals, be the first thing on your mind. And yet by and large, it has not been zoos that is happening. When we talk about the breeding and the management of animals, in 2000, private breeders, non AZA zoos were essentially banned from participating in Species Survival Programs.
