How Do You Feel About Caging Wild Animals?

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I used to love visiting zoos. I loved watching the lions majestically wandering around their cages. The giraffes with their long necks gracefully reaching for the highest leaf on the tree would fascinate me. Until I starting growing up I never thought about how those animals felt about living in captivity. I began reading and studying about the effects of wild animals living in captivity. Do you know that a lion pacing back and forth in a cage is not just pacing it is showing a form of depression. A lion needs to have miles of space to run and hunt. It is in it's nature. I do understand that there are places set up to study the nature of the animals but they tend to, mostly place them in an area that is too small to meet the needs of the animal. My understanding is that most of these animals are depressed. I hadn't given the thought about animals being depressed before this. How would you feel if they put you in a small room that you could never leave? I was just wondering how other people feel about this.