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    -1310 months ago

    Are the modern standards, that they just educate without imprisoning animals? If not, then no.

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        -1310 months ago

        Personally I would rather die then be exploited and held without any regards to my well being, so I think they feel the same

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            10 months ago

            Ah, so you are an animal? or can you talk to them? What makes you think that you know?

            Honestly, they are capable of suffering and we just accept them suffering, its at least morally wrong. But as soon as you criticize the lifestyle you get the conservative ones wanting everything to stay like it was, no surprise here

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              610 months ago

              It doesn’t take an evolutionary biologist to put together that animals would rather not die.

              The particular zoo I’m thinking off has private sections of the habitats that only zookeepers can get to. Please step down of your moral high horse.

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                -510 months ago

                I just dont think survival justifies keeping them in captivity. Why would it? What dies that gain the species?

                Also most animals in Zoos arent even endangered, so maybe stop defending keeping animals as attractions, that was already weird when we were doing that with humans …

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        They don’t benefit from an environment designed to put them on display rather than designed to be correct for them either

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          1210 months ago

          Depending on the zoo, a lot function as very large animal shelters. My hometown has a really good zoo that’s run by a nonprofit organization, and they go to huge lengths to make sure the habitats for the animals fit their natural environments.

          Most of the animals there have suffered injuries, or have some sort of defect or medical issue that prevents them being able to be released. Part of the property is also a wildlife reserve.

          I get your knee jerk reaction but zoos do have a place

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            -910 months ago

            Their natural habitats don’t include having them put on display. I know people love zoos but there’s just no arguing with that. And there’s tons of research that supports that being on display causes animals anxiety. You can do wildlife preservation without exposing the animals to the public, I don’t get why that’s so controversial.