Not to be rude, but you do realize you are posting in a topic that is meant to debate about these things? If you post a statement here, people will expect you to explain why you think that way and if they don't like it they will want to start a debate about it.
What species would you ban from zoos?
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Hello @PlaZooFan14. I see that you are new to the site as of last week; welcome to ZooChat 
For future reference and as context to what @TeaLovingDave and @Jarne said, you are welcome to post opinions or comments and engage with the site as you wish. However, as this is a discussion thread (located in General Zoo Discussion) and the previous pages all show a fair amount of discussion and debate, keep in mind that whenever you post in these threads others might want to engage with you, ask you questions and disagree with you - in fact, you should expect it. Liking posts you agree with is one alternative to participating without getting yourself "dragged in" to a debate you'd like to personally avoid.
If people sound particularly interrogating right now, it's because debates over orcas and other cetaceans in captivity is a fraught topic on this site... if you're interested in reading or learning more, you can use the search function and find several other threads dedicated to just that. There's also plenty of debate to catch up on just in the preceding pages of this very thread.
For future reference and as context to what @TeaLovingDave and @Jarne said, you are welcome to post opinions or comments and engage with the site as you wish. However, as this is a discussion thread (located in General Zoo Discussion) and the previous pages all show a fair amount of discussion and debate, keep in mind that whenever you post in these threads others might want to engage with you, ask you questions and disagree with you - in fact, you should expect it. Liking posts you agree with is one alternative to participating without getting yourself "dragged in" to a debate you'd like to personally avoid.
If people sound particularly interrogating right now, it's because debates over orcas and other cetaceans in captivity is a fraught topic on this site... if you're interested in reading or learning more, you can use the search function and find several other threads dedicated to just that. There's also plenty of debate to catch up on just in the preceding pages of this very thread.
PlaZooFan14
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Thanks for the help @Coelacanth18. I'll list what i think of the Aquariums with Dolphins near me. I looked up pictures of them yesterday in case I participated in this thread.
- Brookfield's Seven Seas: It doesn't look that impressive to me. Since it's indoors, I would probably turn this exhibit into a tank for Sharks.
- Indianapolis's Dolphin Dome: The better of the two, it looks very large and spacious. In an alternate timeline I like to think Indianapolis got another rarity. West Indian Manatees.
I personally think the dolphin dome is one of the best parts of the zoo, exhibit wise. I could stand there for a long time and watch the dolphins if no one was around, sadly, I get really tense when multiple people are around me, I don't adjust well to crowds, at least when I was there.
I got the same sense of them when I visited. I don't know what the exact volume is of the two off the top of my head (I'm sure they could be located), but the Indy one certainly *feels* larger given its wider shape and the position of the viewing dome within the middle. The Brookfield one is more long and narrow, and is simply viewed against the side of the wall - a less impressive visual.
Kakapo
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The question is clear to reply: the only animals that I would ban from zoos are the people that want to ban animals from zoos (including the AZA members that take the decision of phase-out species 
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I especially would like to consider as a major crime any action driven to banning cetaceans from captivity
)I especially would like to consider as a major crime any action driven to banning cetaceans from captivity
including the AZA members that take the decision of phase-out species
There aren't enough zoos, ranches, and facilities with expertise to keep as much species as possible. Sacrifices have to be made in order to ensure that select populations of endangered animals have self sustaining populations in captivity. I'm sure those coming up with the decision hate or regret doing it too (except for the ones who are doing those decisions based on a "moral" basis).
Surely it would be better to maximise the number of zoos keeping a particular species. This would free up space for other species. As Carl Jones has shown, a species can be saved from a small number of founder animals. It would be better to save more species from extinction rather than keeping the same 'Least Threatened' species in hundreds of zoos, sometimes in zoos within easy travelling distance from each other.
Onychorhynchus coronatus
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Once again, meerkats.
Not just meerkats. You were right though, I was mainly thinking about meerkats.
Onychorhynchus coronatus
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No, I mean I was repeating that I myself would once again and always want to ban meerkats from zoos
(just teasing some of the avid meerkat fans out there)
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I do find Meerkats very boring after a while in zoological collections, most of the time I just skip past them. But its really not that I don't like meerkats as an animal, they actually have fascinating lifestyles in tunnels, but they just overpopulate the Media mainly, and Overpopulate zoos.No, I mean I was repeating that I myself would once again and always want to ban meerkats from zoos
I can't name any Meerkat other than Timone in the media.
There's the Compare the Market Meerkats in the UK and Komiya from Aggretsuko. The more you know
Well, I just mean Meerkats in general. Meerkats are generally more popular in the media then other animals like it, such as lesser known mongooses.
I have never heard of either of those things.
Yeah, one character instead of none.
What do you mean? Sorry if I sound stupid.
I'm saying that Meerkats aren't really much more popular in the media than other mongooses are.
Well, In my experience meerkats were generally a lot more Advertisement-ready and popular than mongooses, but It might be different for you, and thats ok.