• @[email protected]
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    -66 months ago

    Zoos act as promotional centers for conservation.

    But they aren’t necessary for conservation. Conservation can occur without zoos.

    • Liz
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      96 months ago

      Yes, but conservation is not a binary condition. Zoos are responsible for more conservation than we would otherwise have without them.

        • Liz
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          16 months ago

          Not in a binary sense, no. Such thinking isn’t useful, however. Zoos are a very strong net good fot animals, with minimal downsides (assuming the zoo keepers aren’t calloused assholes).

            • Liz
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              26 months ago

              Yes I’m well aware of the difficulties involved, but they can be mitigated, as your source explains. There’s more issues than just keeping them from going stir-crazy, but a proper zoo (the only kind I advocate for) will do their best to address all of them.

                • Liz
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                  26 months ago

                  You and I have different moral systems and you think that hammering a deal-breaker for you will cause me to change my mind, when I’m perfectly okay with causing a small harm in order to secure a much much greater good.

                  • @[email protected]
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                    16 months ago

                    hammering a deal-breaker for you will cause me to change my mind

                    I don’t understand this part of your sentence.

    • @[email protected]
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      46 months ago

      I love when people like you suddenly come up with a hot take that absolutely no one has ever thought through ever in the past hundreds of years.