@DelacoursLangur I’m not sure that there is any connection between Russia’s hosting of a major sports event, and the state of a zoo! The UK hosted the Olympics in 2012, and yet Borth Animalarium has its rough edges....
The story of Leningrad Zoo is a sorry one, olympics or not.
@sooty mangabey I am comparing them because they are both state funded enterprises. I wouldnt draw the same comparison if this was just some poor private menagerie, rather it is the primary public zoo of a major city. Maybe its an unfair comparison, but it was my visceral reaction to seeing such an outdated enclosure.
