Posted on 10/11/2016 4:43:25 PM PDT by sit-rep
Costa Rica has announced that it will be the first country in the world to shut down its zoos and free the captive animals they hold. Costa Rica is an especially biodiverse country, holding about 4% of the world's known species. Sadly, the country is contractually obligated to keep two of its zoos open for another decade. Still, after that, they plan to shut it down in favor of a cage-free habitat for the animals to live in.
Treehugger reports that the nation, which also recently banned hunting for sport, will close the last two zoos in the next 10 years and give the animals a more natural habitat in which to exist. They want to convey to the world that they respect and care for wild animals.
But the idea of no Zoos at all conflicts me...
Lions, and tigers and bears, OH MY.
Duck Season! Bear Season! Elephant Season!
Gotta eat, ya know.
Not a big fan of zoos.
I’d like to see a human zoo though, with part time exhibits.
They won’t be able to make it on their own. They’re like welfare recepients.
They won’t be able to make it on their own. They’re like welfare recepients.
Yea, thanks for the warning!
(cough....) Nothing to see here! Move along!!
No problem with this if they plan to open large sanctuary’s were the animals can free range WITHOUT gobbling each other up. While that is life on the Serengeti, most of these animals were probably born in captivity and didn’t learn the life of hard knocks from their mothers in a natural setting. Call me a softy if you must.
Obama will empty all the zoos before he’s through.
Snuffy the seal gets eaten by a shark while returning to sea . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMhN_HjrnFQ
pretty much my thoughts... living in a cage they never learned survival of the fittest. what did comfort me a bit was the Ten year phase out they mentioned..
I hate zoos. They stink, it's unnatural.
they don’t ban for comments like that here anymore? lol
Its simply a sign of the times. Zoos are a product of the 19th century - allow the common man to view exotic animals they could never hope to see live or dead.
Now people travel everywhere and can watch on-demand videos of anything. An animal in a cage is viewed as simply BORING, or for the SJW’s among us, that is transmuted into a form of cruelty
I believe museums will die off also. Why are they needed when the masses have 1000 ways to see new things and entertain themselves on the internet and elsewhere?
I take it you’ve never been to Asia...
omg...LMBO... that was funny! lol
Glad if they are not just setting the animals “free” since many have been captive so long they would likely be quickly overtaken by predators!
If anything they should stop animal breeding in zoos and stop taking new animals and combine zoos as animals in captivity dwindle due to age and such, closing the unneeded zoo facilities.
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