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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[-] Sina@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

In this world actually, but not all Zoos are the same. Our local Zoo has breeding programs shared with various German zoos & they are always very ecstatic, when babies are born (which happens very often), even though the Zoo itself is going to quickly lose them to other Zoos & release programs.

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