atridir

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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atridir t1_iuzpjb0 wrote

I would say that I agree with your sentiment with the caveat that I think that science is about understanding the form, function, circumstance or modality of some aspect of reality, via observation and experimentation, for the express purpose of expanding our species’ knowledge of the nature of our existence. Simply: knowledge for the sake of knowledge; what we use that knowledge for is often to elucidate solutions to practical problems but that is a secondary function rather than the primary purpose.

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