The battle against roadside zoos — where animals are exhibited for entertainment, handled throughout the day by strangers and abused by facility staff — has been a long one.
While the Association of Zoos and Aquariums oversees inspection, accreditation and standards maintenance at zoos and aquaria across the United States — including rigid requirements for animal welfare – roadside zoos are subject to no such regulation.
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The hunt for British Big Cats attracts far more newspaper column-inches than any other cryptozoological subject. There are so many of them now that we feel that they should be archived by us in some way, so we should have a go at publishing a regular round-up of the stories as they come in. Curated by Carl Marshall and Olivia McCarthy
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