Most animals live longer in captivity. So it's in fact unethical to leave them tend for themselves in the wild. >And members of the public may even have to put

Most animals live longer in captivity. So it's in fact unethical to leave them tend for themselves in the wild. >And members of the public may even have to put up with wild predators actually killed their food Isn't it unethical in regards to "food"? Or are only animals at the top of the food chain deserving of "ethics"? Maybe it's more ethical to cage all the carnivores (it could be argued that meat-eating is unethical in itself), thus allowing a larger number of prey animals to roam free.