The zoo is on strike, the animals are not!

[Catherine]

The big zoos are all registered and participate in species survival plans. Calgary Zoo has worked to save the whooping Cranes.
It was a zoo(Czechoslovakia I think) that saved the Prezwalski's horses. Toronto is also involved in saving endangered frogs.
Zoos do so much more than they did in the past.

Their education programs reach people and try to show them why we should care about ecology and biodiversity.
Animals are housed as well as they can be and their lives are enriched as much as possible.

For some of these animals life in the wild wouldn't be possible. There have been a number of orphaned polar bears that have been raised in Canadian Zoos who are living out their lives comfortably and safely. An orphaned polar bear cub would not have lived.

In many ways zoos are a bit of a Noah's ark ensuring that species survive. San Diego even has a "frozen" zoo. They have stored frozen genetic material from a number of species. Some day we may need it if we are going to save an endangered species.

We don't want species to be lost forever. Many zoos are working to prevent that from happening.