Posted By: romey on 2007-12-26
In Reply to: Bad day at the SF Zoo -- :( - San Fran

I don't go to zoos anymore, but I found as a child the saddest exhibits were the big cats, just pacing and pacing the perimeter of their enclosure, so very very sad.

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