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A Few Things Zoo Animals Need

1. A clean, natural escapeproof habitat with an area of security to which the animal can retreat when under stress.

2. A suitable mate or mates.

3. A safe and nutritious diet considered interesting by the animal and approved by the veterinarian.

4. As much freedom from boredom as possible; that is, plenty of "furniture" (trees, plants, poolnd perhaps a neighbor or two.

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"Nothing the lesser creatures can teach us is more worth learning than the lesson of gladness: the fact that joy is real and instinctive. "

---Joseph W. Krutch


 

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