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In reply to the discussion: I hate all zoos, circuses and animal amusement parks, such as Sea World. [View all]HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)31. As a zoologist, I've got the zoo boo's, too.
I do recognize the potential for education and fund raising that could support conservation.
But I can't square the zoo experience with my own appreciation of the animal kingdom...which is that vertebrates are mostly good mobile homes for the coolest critters in the animal kingdom.
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I hate all zoos, circuses and animal amusement parks, such as Sea World. [View all]
MoonRiver
Mar 2014
OP
I think the point is that in some cases that's not a choice; not trying to breed them in capitivity
el_bryanto
Mar 2014
#7
There's no need to wonder, given that non-human animals are incapable of expressing or even forming
Jgarrick
Mar 2014
#11
Do wild non-humans voluntarily run into a cage designed to remove them from their families
MoonRiver
Mar 2014
#13
It depends. Has the cage been baited? If it has, that bear will stroll right in.
Jgarrick
Mar 2014
#15
Well, you may not be totally informed about the abuse that takes place in most of those places.
MoonRiver
Mar 2014
#9
My point is whether it is right for us to enslave animals because we are curious about them
MoonRiver
Mar 2014
#16
I don't know why you think the term "enslavement" applies strictly to humans.
MoonRiver
Mar 2014
#33
The logic is the reality of what happens to animals at the hands of their human captors.
MoonRiver
Mar 2014
#45
it is where my kids learned to love and appreciate animals other than dogs and cats
dembotoz
Mar 2014
#32
I'm not so glad that you seem to be ok with the torture and abuse of animals.
MoonRiver
Mar 2014
#48
I'm unhappy that you apply opinions on others that they have never expressed.
Android3.14
Mar 2014
#54
I've never liked zoos or circuses or anything in which wild animals are captive.
LuvNewcastle
Mar 2014
#52
And, in a strange way, this parallels what is also happening to humanity, humans
RKP5637
Mar 2014
#53
Not all circus companies use animals, the largest and by far most lucrative does
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2014
#65
I worked at a conservation-oriented zoo, and I will firmly say that they're about more than
WatermelonRat
Mar 2014
#68
It wasn't quite a wildlife sanctuary, though many of the exhibits could pass for one.
WatermelonRat
Mar 2014
#70