I'm a simple emigrant, and I love animals

Therefore I don't really like zoos, but I try to go to them to observe the conditions of keeping. It's especially interesting to compare the Frankfurt Zoo with Russian ones, for example the Novosibirsk and Sakhalin Zoos. Overall, not bad! I even saw new animals that were unknown to me. In the pavilion with nocturnal inhabitants, there are very lively bats, but you can't photograph with a flash there, and without a flash it's pointless. Many animals that are not dangerous to humans are in close proximity, behind low fences or even roam among people. I'm not a zoologist, but they say that if animals in zoos breed, it means a comfortable environment was created for that. Here there are many pregnant animals and very small cubs, I think that's a plus. Also interesting: reminders about how offspring come into the world, but the terrarium with a porcupine didn't have that, and that's a pity. Unfortunately, some animals looked unhealthy, sad, birds looked somehow plucked. This made me sad to the point of a lump in my throat. Especially the realization that I am encouraging this by buying a ticket. By the way, the price is 12 euros (it's not a lot). For some animals there is catastrophically little space, for example the lion in a 2x2 display, or the crocodiles barely fitting into the pool, or monkeys, in despair, walking back and forth along a rope a couple of meters long. One wants to shout in every direction that zoos should be closed, but what if the adult animals were killed by poachers, and the little ones were saved and brought here? Or were they hostages of wandering circuses together with dwarfs and giants and were saved? Therefore I don't even know how to feel about this. Perhaps it's better to acquaint people with unexplored flora and fauna through photographs. And what do you think? #frankfurt