Animal Quote by Frans de Waal

Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature…

— Michael J. Fox

The zoo cannot but disappoint. The public purpose of zoos is to offer visitors the opportunity of looking at animals. Yet nowherein a zoo…

— John Berger

“All zoos, even the most enlightened, are built upon the idea both beguiling and repellent—the notion that we can seek out the wildness of…

— Thomas French

“I don't mean to defend zoos. Close them all down if you want (and let us hope that what wildlife remains can survive in…

— Yann Martel

Zoos should concentrate more on the preservation side of things.

— Gerald Durrell

People forget the good that zoos do. If it weren't for zoos, we would have so many species that would be extinct today.

— Betty White

Let us free all the animals in the zoos to show them that we are not animals!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

“One might even argue that if an animal could choose with intelligence, it would opt for living in a zoo, since the major difference…

— Yann Martel

I've visited Lincoln Park Zoo more times than I can count because I believe the more the public learns about our animals, plants and…

— Mike Quigley

Zoo is an institution for animals to learn about human behavior.

— Tasneem Hameed

Unlike accredited zoos like the Bronx Zoo, San Diego Zoo, the Los Angeles Zoo, these are private menageries, and these people are frightened and…

— Eric Goode

The zoo is a place for animals to study the behaviour of human beings.

— Anonymous