Banning zoos is something that should happen one day, but closing them all at once would be a huge mistake.
Most of the animals in the zoos won’t survive, they’re too used to zoo life to be let out to the wild…
But maybe in a few years
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I don’t necessarily think they should be banned, I think the main thing for me would be to change the idea we have of a zoo slowly. Respect the animals way more and work more with local species instead of small cages in a habitation that’s not natural for the animals.
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Yeah, I agree with this and understand that we can’t just let them all into the wild. Some animals could definitely be moved to some more appropriate areas than a zoo cage though.
Hm… what do you mean?
To clarify, this is the definition of zoo in Cambridge’s dictionary “an area in which animals, especially wild animals, are kept so that people can go and look at them or study them”.
I do think that it is necessary to ban zoos. Animals are not for humans to keep so that other people can go at look at them. If the case was that someone studied them they could do it in the wild.
A lot of people have talked about places preserving species etc. and I totally agree with that. However, zoos are not doing that, zoos are making profit off displaying the animals. We should help conserve species without using them as an attraction. They are not entertainment. Professionals who have studied animals and their physiology and behavior know about animals, they can help them. A screaming five year old is not helping preserving a species by looking at some animals for their own entertainment (not the child’s fault though, I could put any person who doesn’t professionally work with animals in that example). The goal with conservation is to one day be able to reintroduce the animals to the wild again. Having loads of people look at them because it’s “fun” is really working against the goal of conservation.
I explained it a bit more in the later part of my post, but just in general reshape zoos in a better way. Smaller scales so less different species and more focused on the local ones. Just in general make them less focused on earning money but more on the actual animals. I’ve been in a zoo in Berlin where they did make some first steps in this already, it was more like a hugeee park with many educational aspects instead of animals in small cages. Also, I don’t think we should ban zoos because they for example have a huge role in saving endangered species but there are major changes needed for sure.
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They really don’t have a huge role in saving endangered species… Some zoos are affiliated with organizations that does help animals outside the zoos but zoos themselves no. There are a few examples where zoos have helped the growth of an endangered population but that is the exception. Most animals in zoos are not endangered. The animals are bred to keep new customers coming not to preserve the species.
I do get what you mean, kind of, but I still think that zoos should be banned because it is a place for people to go and look at animals. I don’t think that looking at the animals will do anything more than keep some people entertained and give money to the person owning the animals.
This is better, depending on the species they had in the park.
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True true, but in my opinion the few examples there are of species that wouldn’t exist anymore without zoos (including and especially the 31 species that just live in the zoo and not in the wild anymore at the moment) should have an important role. If we as humans can safe a species of animals by capturing them and providing them with natural surroundings I believe we should do that. And zoos will always have a role in doing that, but I would simply want to see people thinking about them in a different way
There was still room for improvement on part for sure, they had like elephants and giraffes and animals like that, but they also did many things right, so much better than an average zoo.
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Well, seems like we’re almost at the same page and that’s fine lol
I believe in this too but I don’t think that zoos is the place to do it for reasons I’ve already mentioned. Maybe reservoirs, sanctuaries and such.
I disagree.
I guess that’s so.
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Haha, it’s fine if we aren’t on the same page completely, I enjoy this discussion tho 
That’s kinda my ideal on the long term! Haha, even though in these cases financing might be an issue but I’m sure it’s not impossible!
Hmm, I can explain with a very long story why I think so, but I’m not sure if you are interested, if you are I’m more than willing to type it 
I’m kinda against the idea of a zoo in general, just the keeping animals for our entertainment kinda bothers me tbh, but as far as zoos go that was a good one! That doesn’t take away from the fact even that zoo still has a long way to go before it’s ideal tho.
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Me too 
Feel free! I’ll respond to it in the future though. I’m heading to bed any minute.
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I already commented on this thread which is enough debating for me.
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I don’t think that zoos should be banned. There are definitely things that are done wrong at a lot of zoos, so I think that there’s definitely some use for stronger regulations on how zoos are run. I think that they can do good by raising awareness of animals, potentially hosting research and conducting rehabilitation on animals, and overall benefiting animals.
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Haha same. I’ve already spoke my mind on most points by now so I’ll probably not going to reply here unless there’s something new coming up
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Lol yep!
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Bump!
Why the hell should zoos be banned? No way! I love all animals and I think zoos are a way for people to interact with animals and learn more about their habits and skills. It’s not like they can hurt anyone when they have a caretaker or they are locked up in a cage. It is a way for people to explore them and people to enjoy going to the zoo. What about the zookeepers? I’m not angry lol, I just personally think zoos are fun and amusing! I mean who doesn’t love going to the zoo and having fun with the animals? 
But have you thought about the animals’ well being in zoos?
People don’t get to learn anything about the animals habits nor skills by looking at them in zoos that aren’t their natural habitat and they’re confined to so small spaces that they aren’t able to develop their skills. This is why we just can’t free all the zoo animals. They wouldn’t survive in the wild. You would learn more by reading books and watching documentaries where working professionals might capture the animals in the wild on film or pictures.
Okay. Every time you close a field, company or factory we should see to the workers and help them. But there are other jobs. Some could probably work with rehabilitation of animals or something else in about the same field. But closing factories or businesses proven to be damaging happens. It’s inevitable as new research and inventions come up.
Are you sure you’re having fun with the animals? They’re in cages and you’re just looking at them. I guess it’s amusing to you but think about the animals. They have feeling too.
I’m not angry at you lol, but I feel very strongly about this and I never replied because I’ve said the same things a thousand times on this thread and realized that I don’t have to reply to everyone.
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