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[+] -43 points 2 months ago (29 children)

if it's so beloved why are they keeping it locked up?

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  • [–] 69 points 2 months ago (10 children)

    I love my cats, but they never go outside. Because I also love the birds.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    In Australia there is an expectation that people keep their cats inside because those little murder machine are able to decimate a significant amount of our native fauna. I was shocked when I moved to the UK for a few years to find out that a typical requirement for getting a cat there through legitimate sources included committing to letting them roam outside.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    There's no fauna left there anyways, best thing I can get you is dead chicken in KFC.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    There's a few, my folks have a family of bandicoots living in their backyard

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  • [–] 16 points 2 months ago (10 children)

    Don't know this specific situation, but there are animals in captivity because they're unable to be released back into the wild for various reasons. Things like animals being actively rehabilitated. Or ones that are now animal ambassadors used to teach people about the species or parts of human society that negatively affect wildlife. Maybe because they are unable to fly anymore, or they imprinted on humans, are unable to forage or hunt properly, etc.

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  • [+] -10 points 2 months ago (9 children)

    For sure. That's a small minority of the animals that have to live in captivity for our "entertainment" though.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Well, I'll say this much, if you and your stripey kin don't stay away from my chickens it'll be skunks in the box.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    It really depends on the facility. Some are better than others. They vary wildly and it's hard for you as a consumer to know which ones are good and which are bad. Some large zoos have extensive conservation programs and focus around education, and some are just animals in jail for entertainment. From the outside it's hard to tell the difference a lot of the time.

    It's one of the reasons I support Alveus Sanctuary and their recent expansions and future plans. Their facilities and programs are based around video streaming and chat interaction, instead of in person exhibits. They have collaborative events with streamers, etc. in person to help further their reach to new people and educate viewers that otherwise may never interact at all with that type of content. Otherwise all of the animals have limited human interaction only with the employees. Those in person collaborations are always about educating the viewers about the animals and various societal links related to them. Things like pesticide use on bugs and how that propagates up the food chain, selective breeding and trade of exotic animals, amphibians and environmental pollution, etc.

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  • [+] -13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    If they keep animals confined without a clear purpose for the benefit of that animal then I don't care. "Oh we keep some childern locked up to fund our kindergarden with the revenue we get from people being able to see them" kinda logic.

    The reason a lot of zoos have conservation programs is because they need to replace the captive animals I'd wager...

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    "Oh we keep some childern locked up to fund our kindergarden with the revenue we get from people being able to see them" kinda logic.

    There's something wrong with your brain if you can't (refuse to) understand the difference.

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