The issue of zoos is not about treatment, but use; not about reform, but abolition. Zoos often pay lip-service to "education," "enrichment," and "conservation," but the cruelty is systemic and follows from the idea of animals as commodities. As long as they are property, animals will continue to be treated as things, with no rights, who can be caged, bred, abused, or killed for a zoo's profit and the public's entertainment. In Zooicide, Sue Coe applies her bold and breathtaking artistic style to confront the institution of zoos, exposing them as a form of capitalist cruelty that is enmeshed with the violence of war, colonialism, and ecological destruction.
"Coe has a message to deliver, and her visceral, graphic imagery doesn't pull any punches. … Coe's righteous anger, not to mention her confident hand and riveting compositions, will hold your eye and haunt your mind."
The New Yorker
"[Sue Coe's] intensity has, if anything, sharpened over the years, even as her style and content have changed."
The New York Times
"She wields the pen and brush as an orator uses the voice."
