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Zoos and aquariums

There are many myths used to justify keeping animals in cages and tanks. In reality, the only living thing whose natural habitat is a zoo is the zookeeper.

A family pointing at an Orca confined inside an aquarium tank.
Credit: Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals Media

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