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Originally Posted by terminator
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Great, tiger diversity is needed hence the cats perhaps should be kept? I just don't see how this will one day aid wild populations since cats raised in captivity serve no purpose outside.
I just don't understand keeping intelligent animals confined, it completely overrides me.
yes, if the animal was going to be killed in the wild for "man eating" I'd rather it be killed then perpetuate the need for zoos. Zoos are ancient insititutions which are no longer needed, or relics. They have formed a sort of microeconomy of animal trading etc. bah, I know the fanboys here cannot be convinced to you I reccomend the documentery "Black Fish".
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http://seaworld.com/truth/truth-about-blackfish/
Documentaries are always one sided (They actually shouldn't be used as evidence in a discussion really as they are often misleading to prove a point). Here is the other side, believe what you would like. Maybe you should think of zoo as something other than archaic, but maybe something that educates and inspires young people to have a love of animals. where else would I have developed a love of Rhinos, Red Pandas, Tigers and end up donating a fair bit of money to conservation programs. You talk about cats serving no purpose outside of captivity, but for example the calgary zoo with the work of other zoo prevented the whooping crane from ceasing to be. A bird that I had the pleasure of seeing many wild ones in their natural habitat now. But I know fanboys can't be convinced.