In this study of youth zoo attendees in the UK, researcher Eric Jensen attempts to get to the heart of a key question surrounding the existence of zoos: If a central role of zoos is to promote conservation education among attendees, how well do they accomplish this task? In this particular study, Jensen attempts to address a gap in the literature by focusing on youths, who have rarely been represented in surveys that measure the learning outcomes of zoo attendance. His results show that, while there is a potential for attendance at zoos to result in a positive learning experience, this possibility cannot be taken for granted, and could be the result of numerous factors that are more related to the person guiding the visit and delivering information, rather than the zoo space itself. READ MORE