usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to Green - An environmentalist community @lemmy.ml • 11 months agoZoos aren’t for animals. They’re for us. | Zoos say they’re leaders in protecting wildlife. But is it true?external-linkmessage-square9 fedilinkarrow-up174
arrow-up174external-linkZoos aren’t for animals. They’re for us. | Zoos say they’re leaders in protecting wildlife. But is it true?usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to Green - An environmentalist community @lemmy.ml • 11 months agomessage-square9 Commentsfedilink
minus-squaregramathy@lemmy.mlhexbear9·11 months agoAlso 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”. linkfedilink
minus-squareusernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlhexagonhexbear4·edit-211 months agoYet 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 linkfedilink
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”.
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