I have a love for animals and I'd like to do something with them when I grow up. I used to love going to the zoo, but when I went yesterday  it was depressing there. All the animals are cooped up in tiny exhibits with nothing to do but sleep. I know animals live longer in zoos and are healthier, but who would want to spend their entire lives sleeping? My 11-year-old cousin called them "boring". She, like many people, is not enthusiastic about animals. Neither is my older sister who came. They  were boring.

But I'd have to say the animals who are the saddest to watch in captivity are the lions. They're too beautiful and regal to be stuck in a cage. And all they can do is lay there and look at you with their large, sad eyes. And my brilliant sister and cousin are just shouting, "Kitty! Kitty!" Oh goodness. They pretty much don't care. But seeing the little Golden Lion Tamarin monkeys cheered me up. They're so comical and cute. 

Puppies in mall pet shops are really sad to, although they aren't as bored. It's just that their cages are filthy often and they look so sad and they whine while looking at me with their  big brown eyes as if they're saying, "Take me home!"  I want to. But as soon as the pet shop people take them out they become puppies again and they are sometimes allowed to run around and play. Animals in pain are depressing to. But I'll stop depressing you now!

(0_-)- (That little symbol thing is me (0_ holding a bow and arrow -)-. See?)

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