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why not chimpanzees?
by Markoff 9y ago
why not chimpanzees?
- exizt88 9y agoI agree, keeping chimpanzees in an aquarium is unethical.
- 6stringmerc 9y ago...now I have a mental image of chimps in an automated current "Lazy River" in inner tubes or wearing water wings. Almost spit my coffee out.
- tonyedgecombe 9y agoYou have to ask the question why zoos at all, I know most have been promoting their role in conservation but I'm quite sceptical about that.
- msl09 9y agoYeah though I'm on the fence regarding orangutans, considering how their natural environment is being quickly destroyed.
- pvaldes 9y agoWhy zoos? Because furtivism, habitat loss, contamination, sixth extinction, education and conservation. Because some species only survive in zoos today. Because only 9 of each 10 wild lions in Africa had dissapeared in one human generation lapse time, etc, etc...
- madshiva 9y agoAt first the zoo was menagerie only for the pleasure not about conservation. They evolved to conservation. Now they see that they can not properly take care of animals, even if they try to do their best they still do not know how to do it right. New sickness, etc. The only way to save animals is by decree a land where human do not have any rights to go their.
- thedjinn 9y agoA while ago I read about the DMZ between North/South Korea being a place where endangered species thrive again.
- ceejayoz 9y agoThe area around Chernobyl is a haven for animals for the same reasons.
- pvaldes 9y agoFor some animals yes, but not for all. It seems that for some birds is more like a sink, constantly recolonized by birds from other zones that die quickly. Chernobil is unique in many aspects, as a defy, an economic burden for all european countries and an opportunity. I think that should be declared as the first supranational european park, watched and cleaned as soon as possible. Radioactive animals living in Chernobyl travel across all europe and migrate towards the nord also so is a problem for EU, and also for the countries belonging to the old Soviet Union that can't be managed for one single country.
- pvaldes 9y agoThis is just plain old Bullshit. People in zoos are professionals and of course they know how to care for the animals. The only way to save animals... [set them free, blah, blah, blah] Then why the white rhinos are still endangered? Will survive the californian porpoise four years more? I, and many other people, seriously doubt it.
- lentil_soup 9y agoOf course they're professionals, but modern Zoos are there for entertainment first. The conservation part is not priority anymore. If we need them for conservation then let's focus on that, no need to have thousands of people visiting.
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- tonyedgecombe 9y agoI don't doubt that there is a problem, just whether zoos can do anything about it.
- threeseed 9y agoThere are global breeding programs run by zoos and animals are routinely released back into the world. Think of zoos as the world's DR environment.
- ausvisaissues 9y agoZoos had quite big success at breeding back THE African wild dog.
- Tiktaalik 9y agoAs an aside Vancouver does not have a zoo and I think someone attempting to start one would run into similar controversy.
- robotresearcher 9y agoGreater Vancouver Zoo exists [1]. But the zoo in Stanley Park closed down long ago [2]. Here's an interesting shot of the polar bear enclosure from 1963 [3]. [1] http://gvzoo.com http://gvzoo.com [2] http://www.miss604.com/2012/04/vancouver-history-stanley-park-zoo.html http://www.miss604.com/2012/04/vancouver-history-stanley-par... [3] http://www.miss604.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/StanleyParkPolarBears.jpg http://www.miss604.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/...
- Markoff 9y agoas much as I agree with you I don't find it realistic and find more realistic excluding at least most intelligent self aware animals
- drpgq 9y agoOctopuses?
- mynameisvlad 9y agoWell, to begin with, Vancouver doesn't really have a zoo.
- drjasonharrison 9y agoGreater Vancouver Zoo. Another really said place.
- mynameisvlad 9y agoYeah, that's why I said "really". It's an hour outside the city ("30 minutes from Vancouver" my ass) and is a sad excuse for a zoo, especially given the price of admission.