Why Do we Still Fund Zoos? - Part 1

Dr. Suzanne MacDonald
Animal Behaviorist, Director Graduate Program, Department of Psychology, York University

Why do we still fund zoos? Is it ethical to maintain species in an artificial environment for the education and entertainment of humans? Is there a future for these institutions? Dr. Suzanne MacDonald, Animal Behaviorist with the Toronto Zoo and a professor of psychology at York University addresses these questions.

Dr. Suzanne MacDonald is a psychology professor at Toronto's York University. She studies animal behavior and as the volunteer behaviorist with the Toronto Zoo has observed and worked with many different species in captivity.

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