New role of zoos: from knowledge promotion to ‘essential scientific work to protect nature’

Zoos have been under fire for some time. Animals don’t belong behind fences, critics say. “Many people think that a zoo is still about collecting animals,” says Artis historian Wessel Broekhuis. His colleague Tjerk ter Meulen, Animal & Plant Manager: “We are now mainly looking at: which species can we really do something for?”

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