• iiGxC@slrpnk.net
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    5 months ago

    I wasn’t demanding they educate me, I was curious if they had a source to back up their claim.

    The ones being negative are the zoos keeping animals captive for entertainment. The good of conservation and rehabilitation work doesn’t justify that

    Edit: I educated myself, turns out my hunch was right and the point I was trying to make stands. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7380022/ “The 40 species of animals bred for release by zoos represented only 14% of all animal species for which conservation translocations were published and only 25% of all animal species that were bred for releases occurring in North America”

    We don’t even need zoos to do the conservation work.

    Here’s a more general overview https://sentientmedia.org/pros-and-cons-of-zoos/

    You’re welcome for the education 😊

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      5 months ago

      I wasn’t demanding they educate me, I was curious if they had a source to back up their claim.

      Yeah, we all know. You’re “just asking questions”.

      You’ve also made it clear that you don’t understand how modern zoos tend to work. They are often rehabilitation centers. And yes, we clearly do need them to do the conservation work because it’s not being done otherwise.