Facts on European Zoos

Zoos are known to have supplied animals for use in experiments.
Zoos are known to have supplied animals to the exotic meat industry.
Animals from UK zoos have ended up in circuses.
Zoos have sent animals to appalling conditions.
Animals can die prematurely in zoos.
Surplus animals are destroyed or sold.
Zoo animals may carry disease.
Animals are still taken from the wild.
There is a lack of genetic diversity in captive bred animals.
Most zoos collect 'crowd pullers'.