Zoo

     Today I went to the Mendoza zoo with two friends. We took the micro to the zoo, and paid about $3.50 to go in. The first thing we saw in the zoo is a parrot walking around on the ground, and it didn't really care how close we got to it.
    We'd heard some horror stories about this zoo, including that you can pet the lions, and that the cages are very small and the animals don't have much food or water. We couldn't pet the lions, but it was a very old and decrepit zoo that needs a lot of  remodeling and better treatment of the animals.
     The monkeys were roaming free in the trees surrounding us. One was about 5 feet from us on a sign, and was looking pretty meanly at us. There was a bear that was playing with a plastic hose, and way too many pumas were living in the same habitat. The birds had no room to fly, and the lions looked like they didn't have energy to even get up. It was a very sad place for these animals, and quite terrible that they are kept there.
    We only saw about 20 other people during our time there. I don't know how the zoo operates with such little funds. But there are also a ton of sheep and llamas and cattle animals, so it could possibly make money off some of the animals.