• rah@feddit.uk
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    5 months ago

    Why not save animals from unsafe/illegal conditions and provide enrichment, without turning the animals into an attraction?

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      5 months ago

      Because the attraction rallies support for preserving and protecting their natural habitat. Zoos act as promotional centers for conservation.

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        5 months ago

        Zoos act as promotional centers for conservation.

        But they aren’t necessary for conservation. Conservation can occur without zoos.

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          Yes, but conservation is not a binary condition. Zoos are responsible for more conservation than we would otherwise have without them.

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            5 months ago

            So you acknowledge that zoos are not necessary for conservation?

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              5 months ago

              Not in a binary sense, no. Such thinking isn’t useful, however. Zoos are a very strong net good fot animals, with minimal downsides (assuming the zoo keepers aren’t calloused assholes).

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          I love when people like you suddenly come up with a hot take that absolutely no one has ever thought through ever in the past hundreds of years.

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      Because people wouldn’t support spending their taxes on it without making them aware of the value. Which is done by educating them.