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Originally Posted by q12
Ok this is a thread about a Zoo in Halifax. Moncton also has a Zoo, great for Moncton.
Personally I'm not a fan of having exotic animals held in small enclosures far away from their Native Habitat for the purpose of public display. Shubenacadie's Zoo has a different purpose:
https://wildlifepark.novascotia.ca/animals/
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Although a zoo and not a wildlife park, the mission of the Magnetic Hill Zoo is actually similar.
The zoo does not capture animals in the wild by specimen collecting expeditions. All of the animals on display were bred in captivity (except for some native animals donated from local rehab facilities because they could not be returned to the wild).
The mssion of the zoo is educational, but, there is also a lively captive breeding program for endangered species. It is sad to say, but for some species on display (like the Siberian (Amur) tigers) the captive population in zoos around the world is greater than the remaining wild population in the Amur river region of Siberia. For some species, if zoos did not exist, extinction would be inevitable. Zoos can provide a valuable service. The work of the magnetic Hill Zoo is widely respected, and the facility has won multiple CAZA awards over the years as a result.
Does HRM need an actual zoo? Perhaps. I will leave that up to Haligonians to decide. Personally, I think the region needs a proper aquarium. A professional aquarium would look great on the Halifax waterfront.