I have mixed feelings about this. I've always enjoyed the circus and believe there is value in seeing animals up close, interacting with them, etc. Considering PETA also wants zoos closed, the opportunities may continue to shrink back to a time when we all thought lions and tigers and bears were all terribly ferocious beasts and needed to be hunted and killed. Times are changing though, usually for the better.

Interestingly Teddy Roosevelt's love of hunting led him to establish the groundwork for most of our conservation of natural resources. He established the Forest Service, the Antiquities Act, and protected 230 million acres of forests by establishing hundreds of national forests, parks, monuments, and preserves. It sounds ironic considering all that spawned out of killing of animals, but it was due to his his direct contact with nature and wildlife that made him respect and want to preserve it all.

Lets hope not, but considering the laws were changed the first day the house went in session this year to allow federal lands to be given away without respect to value, far the fear seems justified so far.

He did... but if you think congressmen and presidents actually work more today, you're in for a bit of a surprise.