Its simply a sign of the times. Zoos are a product of the 19th century - allow the common man to view exotic animals they could never hope to see live or dead.
Now people travel everywhere and can watch on-demand videos of anything. An animal in a cage is viewed as simply BORING, or for the SJW’s among us, that is transmuted into a form of cruelty
I believe museums will die off also. Why are they needed when the masses have 1000 ways to see new things and entertain themselves on the internet and elsewhere?
agreed
I design museum displays. Museums will not die out for several reasons. The first is because seeing the real thing will always be better than any video or virtual reality. Another is because a good museum display tells a story, in ways that are only done in reality. The days of museums filled with static artifacts in display cases are long gone.