78 But even a luxury ape house won't placate the many critics who believe animals have an intrinsic right to liberty (captiveanimals.org). Nor are they likely to be won over by the zoos' argument that they are primarily conservation organisations. Is this fair? The South China tiger now exists only in zoos, and captive tigers overall are flourishing, with 15,000 to 20,000 worldwide, outnumbering their wild relatives five to one. But critics refuse to buy the Noah's ark approach, arguing that conservation projects need to be out in the field and that a quarter of British zoos don't keep threatened species. And are zoos really bringing up the next generation of conservationists? David Whitley argues in his book The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation that Disney should be credited with encouraging the next generation of children to protect the natural world. Does the choice come down to gawping at a live polar bear in a German town, or a fictional mouse in large yellow shoes? I'm sticking with my Planet Earth box set. Questions Série 4 1 Referring to paragraph 1: "I had unwisely assumed that gawping at captive animals was out of fashion." What does the word "gawping" mean? 1/ To make fun of 2/ To look at intently 3/ To shout at 4/ To be caring towards 5/ To be scared ofhttp://www.captiveanimals.org