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Mhca t1_j92j7wn wrote

How is this uplifting?

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citytiger OP t1_j92jujb wrote

How is it not?

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Mhca t1_j92k6xc wrote

Animals in zoos is kinda gross.

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citytiger OP t1_j92m9rz wrote

You obviously have no understanding of what zoos do. They are not solely for entertainment. These animals weren’t taken from the wild. This is all they’ve ever known.

Many zoos are actively engaged in conservation and breeding programs.

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atridir t1_j95478l wrote

As example: The New York City zoos are also the organization known as The Wildlife Conservation Society, one of the world leaders in conservation, education and research that works to preserve the animals and habitats of our planet. They also put many millions of dollars into blueprinting enclosure habitats that are entirely fulfilling and enriching to each species particular needs. (even down to species specific neural mapping for stimulus triggers that our human brains might have overlooked from native habitat!)

What many people don’t realize is that enclosures are designed to allow animals to not be on display if they don’t want to be. In the Bronx zoo for example the publicly visible enclosure area for each species is only about 1/3 of the the total enclosure size.

Plus captive breeding programs are safeguarding species populations from disappearing forever.

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bohanmyl t1_j974ajj wrote

I lived in Topeka for a few years. God awful city. But around the 2nd year i lived there, we heard they were selling elephant poo out of the zoo to raise funds. We had no clue Topeka even HAD a zoo and by the time we looked it up, we realized we had driven past it hundreds of times but never realized it was a zoo especially since we came from Omaha and only knew of Henry Doorly Zoo as a basis

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