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Zoos aren’t for animals. They’re for us. | Zoos say they’re leaders in protecting wildlife. But is it true? (www.vox.com)
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[-] gramathy@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago

Also zoos take in animals that are injured or otherwise unable to be rehabilitated to the wild, often as part of breeding programs, so it’s not like “we captured a wild X to breed it”.

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yet zoos also kill perfectly healthy creatures, however, because they are seen as "surplus"

So it's not like they are being just held there while they are healing and then released once they are healed

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26356099

[-] x4740N@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

This comment seems more like an inflammatory responses based on the wording used

It doesn't seem like a logical response at all

[-] Seraph@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

This is bizarre. Why do European zoos refuse to use contraception as population control rather than... Well I hope that giraffe was the exception.

Odd but I think the US zoos are slightly more ethical on this one.

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago

If you look further at the article you'll find it's hardly an exception:

but executive director Dr Lesley Dickie estimates that somewhere between 3,000 and 5,000 animals are "management-euthanised" in European zoos in any given year.

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