The Edge

To the Editor:

Compassionate people everywhere are recognizing the profound injustice in keeping animals in zoos for human entertainment (“Zoo would enhance Hays”) Hays is my hometown and I try to visit as often as I can. I would never take my 4-year-old niece to a place where animals live in cramped cages, lonely, bored, and far away from their real homes.

We know that animals in zoo suffer from “zoochosis,” a term used to describe obsessive, repetitive behavior such as incessant pacing or head bobbing. We know that the law only requires animals to be provided a cage “large” enough to allow them to stand up, lie down, and turn around. We know that the complex emotional and social relationships animals need to thrive are destroyed in captivity.

Your editorial about opening a zoo in Hays is way out of touch.

Sincerely,

RaeLeann Smith

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

501 Front St .

Norfolk , VA 23510

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Zoo would not enhance Hays