A brief history of the relationship between the professional zoological industry and the private animal trade -- before and after the 2011 Zanesville incident. (Note: This episode mentions a proposed federal bill called The Big Cat Public Safety Act. Since the time of this recording, that bill has passed through both the House of Representatives and the Senate to become law.)

Further reading:

Nigel Rothfels, Savages and Beasts: The Birth of the Modern Zoo, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.​

J. Donahue and E. Trump, The Politics of Zoos: Exotic Animals and Their Protectors, Northern Illinois University Press, 2006.

Irus Braverman, Zooland: The Institution of Captivity, Stanford University Press, 2013.