I always thought the zoo was cool when I was growing up. I liked seeing all the different animals that I couldn't see in my backyard. A few years ago I went to a small local zoo and the conditions were so bad that I felt depressed looking at the depressed animals. Most of them just laid in the dirt and did nothing. The worst was the elephants; animals that are used to having 100s of acres to roam around were in an area not bigger than someone's yard. Just sad.