# The Ethics of Zoos

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-zoos/737471>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 13, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-zoos/737471 "2015-11-13T16:18:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-zoos/737471/21 "2015-11-17T14:39:55Z")

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I’ve been to Longleat Safari Park in the UK several times and yes, the large predators do spend most of their time laying around. Except once [this young lion](http://s25.photobucket.com/user/kferr/media/longleat/lion2.jpg.html) took great interest in my car and got up to come over for a closer look. She was about 6 feet from the car.

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