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How is creating Dodo birds and putting them in a zoo inherently different than having other animals in a zoo?
by Wowfunhappy 4y ago
How is creating Dodo birds and putting them in a zoo inherently different than having other animals in a zoo?
- makeitdouble 4y agoHaving regular animals in zoos is also controversial. The question is different when it can be summed up as "to be or not to be", but I think it's still an ethical bag of hurts.
- psiops 4y agoGood question! I think it is related to knowing that zoo animals have wild counterparts and the ones in zoos are just (unlucky) specimens to be gawked at. You convince yourself this somehow helps the conservation of the wild ones through education etc. That's different from unextincting a species but there's no place for them anywhere in the wild world.
- JohnFen 4y agoIt's not. Zoos are depressing as hell.