The discussion

James: Yes, keeping animals in Zoos is cruel as they may be used a a tourist attraction and if they do not obey or do not understand what they are told to do, they may be hit in front of the crowd.
Although there is,like Yi Yan said, space to move around, they do not hunt food on thier own, as they know that the zookeeper will throw them food at a certain time, this will cause the animals to depend on the zookeeper to provide the food for them. If the a certain part of a forest,plains e.t.c has a certain animal missing, they zoo sometimes set some animal free. These animals, which are already dependent on the zookeeper for food, is unable to hunt for its own food as it has loss the skill to do it. The animal will eventually die.