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I grew up in South Africa and had many trips to the Kruger Park so I find all zoos to be a bit sanitised. Zoos give names to animals and run adoption programs. They may try to educate that Simba would like nothing better for dinner than Kiki but that's not what most visitors take away. I'm not suggesting the eurocrat would be a zoo worker who are as pointed out committed to their charges, or at least a keeper. But there are always those who want the rules to be kept to the letter.

And the problem gets exasperated with really wild animals. Yes some need protection but some that are protected become a menace and you can't do anything about them.