Around the world there are cruel, and irresponsible zoos torturing their animals with physical abuse, lack of a proper habitat, lack of knowledge on how to care for them, irresponsible actions, starvation, dehydration, and more. (Disclaimer: Be aware some facts or events I feature here may be outdated or exaggerated by opinion.) Here's a link to a website that gives you thirteen examples of zoo cruelty:"13 Times Zoos Were Bad for Animals"
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This is a sloth bear that was so starved and dehydrated that she died, this happened in the Toledo Zoo because they thought she was pregnant and needed to hibernate in order to give birth. So they denied her food and water.
Here are a few zoos guilty of abuse: