In conclusion, zoos don’t educate. They may succeed in preserving endangered species to some extent, but in terrible conditions, and the effects of captivity on these animals is unjustifiable. How can zoos possibly teach or show us anything positive? It's wrong to teach generations that nature is something that needs to be caged, we are nature. So looking at zoos now, stripping away all the false positives they lay claim to, it is very easy to see that they are just “internment camps for animals and should be shut down”.