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November 2013 Moms
cagoldi
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UO?
cagoldi
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Anybody?
I actually have one today, and I know it won't be popular. I'm kind of surprised at how many people have taken their kids to zoos, aquariums, petting zoos, and Sea World. Obviously I know these are appealing to the babies, but I figure most adults know about the problems with these types of facilities and exhibits but still take the kids. I don't get it.
I actually have one today, and I know it won't be popular. I'm kind of surprised at how many people have taken their kids to zoos, aquariums, petting zoos, and Sea World. Obviously I know these are appealing to the babies, but I figure most adults know about the problems with these types of facilities and exhibits but still take the kids. I don't get it.
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Re: UO?
Sea World I can see people having beef with as animals shouldn't be made to perform for humans (though, I've admittedly gone to Sea World in the last 10 years).
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Also I have a decal family on my minivan and 6 cats on our civic.....
What about the surplus animals that are sold at auction? They can go to a slaughterhouse or be made subjects of experimentation. Doesn't work out so well for them, huh?
And I'm sure all zoos have a policy on the books about not buying animals that were trafficked, but that doesn't always stop them.
Enrichment, well, that's better than nothing I suppose. It's like yard time at a prison? It doesn't mirror what they would have if they were in the wild, obviously. So to say they are pacing or exhibiting stereotypies because they aren't being trained is ridiculous. If they weren't locked up they wouldn't need the enrichment to modify the behavior.
Sea life? I'm going to take this mean not all aquatic life, like we aren't talking about a common goldfish. Even then, I doubt most people know how to properly set up a tank to provide the right environment for them. But if we're talking about sea mammals, isn't it common knowledge how they suffer in confinement? They're taken from their pod and thrown into the human equivalent of a bathtub and made to perform. They don't live nearly as long in captivity as they would in the wild. They get skin ulcers from the chlorinated water. They can't use sonar and echolocation.
@LizB8943 I believe people want to think zoos are helping the species they are warehousing, but these animals experience a lot of stress. Nocturnal animals don't fare well when they have to be made available for viewing during the day. Birds are confined in spaces that don't allow them to fly. Biodiversity has declined and continues to decline but that's because of human activities. I hardly think taking animals out of their natural habitat that we exploited for medicine, furniture, clothing, and food and lock them up then tout selective breeding programs is noble. Really, that's kind of like my neighbor burning down my house then telling me, hey, it's cool, let me drag you away in chains and let you live in my basement. Captive breeding programs will not do anything to address the destruction of their habitat. Zoos are not going to be the salvation of the animal kingdom. What good is it if a few survive but they can never be returned to the wild?
I'm not being snarky but I honestly don't understand what education anyone thinks they're getting at a zoo? What are you learning by seeing an animal in an unnatural environment? That it's okay to capture and confine animals just because we can? Why would this seem like a better alternative than a sanctuary?