Zoos aren’t for animals. They’re for us.
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Zoos say they’re leaders in protecting wildlife. But is it true?
  • gramathy@lemmy.ml
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    11 months 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
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      11 months 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