Of course if animals not happy they just stop eating

We literally put dogs on leashes and carry them around.

These mfers animals they dont have the same sense of self awareness as humans do.

If you wanna call it gross then go for it but then call it all gross otherwise its just sensationalism. Zoos arent even that bad (with exceptions) like theres people working full time in caring for these animals. Thats a whole lot more than what the factory farmed chickens get before getting put into the grinder

it’s for kids who don’t know that yet

Nah f*** em

A massive portion of of zoos in the west, Japan, China, and other countries are dedicated towards conservation, and many of their animals on display are born into captivity or rescued from abusive captors

Those animals wouldn’t live in the wild, and the income they bring in helps external conservation efforts by zoos to help save species and rescue endangered individuals

It’s importantly to find when a zoo is for-profit or nonprofit (or when they participate in zoological efforts) before creating these criticisms

The San Diego Zoo’s zoological association is one of the largest in the world, and zoos provided critical places of conservation while saving species such as the California Condor and Giant Panda

It’s a terrible post to make @op despite your intentions

Let’s just destroy some of the last bastions of concentrated efforts for conservation because we have this illusion that we can just take animals in captivity and throw them out and they’ll be okay.

im not vegan (imagine gatekeeping animal care) but zoos and circuses involving animals should be annihilated

zoos are extremely important

huh?

educate urself on what a sanctuary is bro they dont go and steal these animals from the wild

How you know this? You talk to them animals?

Some of these posts also like. You know weve worked together with animals for thousands of years?

Some people out here saying we should be completely avoiding the existence of animals alltogether. Like just not intervene at all. Mfer we are animals too. What you think happen to horses when it wasnt for competitions, weird women and farms? Zoo animals just another instance of humans working together with animals. Them mfers gotta earn their living too. Whats important are the conditions theyre held in. Other users also brought up preservation which is a good point too.

Like if you know people that work with animals these people often biggest vegans and animal rights activists.

So confusing and honestly this rhetoric itt mostly comes from people that never been close to nature

I mean when there were only 27 California condors left in the wild the LA and SD zoos captured all of them

They obviously need them back into healthy population numbers (500 or so) but many efforts require animals to be captured and placed on zoo, sanctuary, and aquarium sites

There are examples of mutualism, self domestication, and domestication across the animal kingdom (ants literally farm aphids)

Humans aren’t special

Fake outrage.

had the time of my life feeding them giraffes

Do you eat avocados

You know not all zoos are like that and some zoos are beneficial for certain species

The majority tho yeah f*** em

I just wanna see the damn lions

This reply is torture

niggas just be saying this without actually thinking

yes. now how u gonna "gotcha" me I'm curious

I don't go anymore I have gone though