Quotes by Zoos A zoo is not an ideal place for an animal - of course the best place for a chimp is the wilds of Tanzania - but a good zoo is a decent, acceptable place. Animals are far more flexible than we realize. IF they weren't, they wouldn't have survived. But my opinion about zoos came after research. Initially I had the opinion that most people have, that they are jails. Yann Martel jail animal zoos I know zoos are no longer in people's good graces. Religion faces the same problem. Certain illusions about freedom plague them both. Yann Martel grace zoos people It was a huge zoo, spread over numberless acres, big enough to require a train to explore it, though it seemed to get smaler as I grew older, train included. Now it's so small it fits in my head. Yann Martel acres fit zoos Zoo is an artificial territory, an approximation. Civilization is our natural territory. Yann Martel territory zoos civilization «1234567891011
