Last week's article on captive animal tourism drew a vocal response from readers.

Captive animal attractions are still a money-spinner for travel companies.

The company focusing especially on endangered species and captive animal issues.

They are often a welcome sight around farmland, where they consume a large number of rodents that can otherwise be harmful to crops, or transmit parasites to captive animal stocks.

Attacks on humans, which occur with staggering regularity, show the stress, anxiety, and agitation that captive animals experience every day of their lives.