By Clinton Urling
Recently, I took my sons to the Guyana Zoological Park, hoping to show them many of the animals they see in books and on television. I also looked forward to the visit, as I had not been there in many years and a recent “60 Minutes” segment focusing on wildlife in the Brazilian Amazon region sparked my curiosity.
For an adult, the fee to enter the zoo was around $100 – not sure about the exact amount – and was lower for my sons. All of us eagerly anticipated the visit. However, as we started touring the zoo grounds, I noticed many small, empty and shabbily kept cages; in some cases, a bad stench emanated from the areas we walked. By the end of the tour,