Answer][simple][will mark brainliest] central city zoo is small and outdated. the animals live in cramped, barred cages built in 1946. any visitor can see the big cats pacing unhappily back and forth, day after day, and the apes prowling hopelessly in search of something interesting to climb. these animals have been entrusted to our care. if they could speak, they would plead for a better life. it is wrong not to give them one. which is the best way to format a direct quote from this passage? wilson states that it is wrong not to give the animals a better life. (1) wilson states that "it is wrong not to give the animals a better life." (1) wilson states that the animals clearly want a better life, and "it is wrong not to give them one" (1). wilson points out that the animals want a better life for themselves (1).