Love zoos? I did …. not anymore!!

~~13 Times Zoos Were Bad for Animals~~

“Many people aren’t aware of the cruelty behind zoos, so it’s good that you’re thinking about animals used for entertainment. When I was a kid, I went to the zoo all the time with my family. I loved pandas as a kid (still do!), and I thought being able to see them in person would be neat. But once I saw them “up close and personal,” I realized that the animals were miserable.

It instantly became very clear to me that the animals imprisoned in zoos are sad and don’t want to be kept in artificial environments, have people gawk at them, listen to children who bang on the windows of their enclosures, or have cameras flashing in their faces. To put it simply, zoos are imprisoning animals who want to be free.

Captive animals are deprived of everything that is natural and important to them, and as a result, they become bored and lonely and many even suffer from a condition called “zoochosis.” If you’ve ever witnessed a captive animal rock and sway back and forth, you’ve seen the disease firsthand. This condition is so rampant in zoos that some zoos give animals a mood-altering drug, such as Prozac, because the public has started to catch on.”

Read more: http://www.peta.org/living/entertainment/reality-zoos/#ixzz2zuGHzXNU

Zoos are businesses that capitalize on breeding, buying, and selling animals. Their main priority is profit, not animal welfare.

How do we know?

1. Because these penguins are on anti-depressants.

Penguins at Scarborough Sea Life Centre | Peter Cooper | CC BY-SA 2.0

The Humboldt penguins at Scarborough Sea Life Centre have been prescribed antidepressants because they’re so unhappy.

2. Because this giraffe was killed and fed to lions when he had outlived his “usefulness.” (NSFW)

Marius | Didde Elnif | CC BY-NC 2.0

Marius …. He was 2 years old.

3. Because a gorilla was shot and killed after escaping from an “award-winning” exhibit at the Dallas Zoo.

DallasZooGorillasHabitat | Kevin M | CC BY-SA 3.0

4. Because the Gaza Zoo painted stripes on these donkeys to make them look like zebras.

Zebrasino | Alessandro M. | CC BY 2.0

5. Because in 2003, the San Diego Zoo and Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo imported 11 captured African elephants from Swaziland.

Elephants at San Diego Zoo | Katsutoshi Seki | CC BY-SA 3.0

Elephants are good for ticket sales, and even the biggest zoos steal them from the wild.

6. Because in 2006, several accredited zoos imported 33 monkeys who had been illegally trafficked by poachers in Africa.

Squirrel Monkey at Lincoln Children | Babymestizo | CC BY-SA 3.0

They could have worked with wildlife rehabilitators to return the primates to their natural habitat.

7. Because 90 percent of public aquariums studied had animals who demonstrated stereotypic (neurotic) behavior.

Convicts Cichlids | Deanpemberton | CC BY-SA 3.0

These included interacting with invisible boundaries, repeatedly raising their heads above the surface of the water, spinning around an imaginary object, and frequently turning on one side and rubbing along the floor of the tank.

8. Because from 2006 to 2009, Missouri’s Dickerson Park Zoo handed over “surplus” giraffes, zebras, kangaroos, wallabies, and exotic antelopes to questionable entities.

JohnBallZooBongo | BeckyAnne | CC BY-SA 3.0

These included Buddy Jordan, a notorious animal dealer who is known to have sold animals to hunting ranches, exotic-animal breeders, dealers, and unaccredited zoos.

9. Because New Jersey’s Cape May County Zoo sold two giraffes to an animal broker who then sold them to a traveling circus.

Giraffe | Jim, the Photographer | CC BY 2.0

10. Because when baby animals who are exhibited in the Minnesota Zoo’s yearly farm display grow up and lose their youthful appeal, the zoo sends them to livestock auctions.

© Jo-Anne McArthur/We Animals

From there, many are ultimately sent to slaughter.

11. Because the chief of veterinary services at the Cleveland Zoo has even called on members of the zoo community to support the use of surplus zoo animals in medical experimentation.

12. Because a bear starved to death at the Toledo Zoo after zoo officials locked her up to hibernate without food or water.

Sloth bear | Tina Li | CC BY 2.0

They didn’t know that her species doesn’t hibernate.

13. Because a kangaroo at the Cleveland Zoo had to be euthanized after being struck by a train running through the exhibit. 

Kangaroosclevezoo | Pwojdacz | CC BY-SA 3.0

She was at least the fifth animal to be struck by the train.

These are only a few of the many examples of ways in which zoos have failed the animals they claim to care about.

The solution is easy: Instead of supporting zoos, support organizations that help protect the animals in their natural habitat.

~~SOURCES~~

https://www.facebook.com/officialpeta?fref=photo

http://www.peta.org/features/zoo-animal-abuse/#ixzz2zuEcFZK1

http://www.captiveanimals.org/news/2010/03/10-facts-about-zoos

http://www.animalliberationfront.com/Practical/Entertainment/No%20to%20Zoos.htm

~~The Truth About {SOME} Zoos – Argument Project~~

~~Published on Mar 29, 2012~~

Cody, The Husky

PLEASE READ.
Holy hell people. THIS IS NOT MY PERSONAL OPINION ABOUT ZOOS. And I KNOW that not ALL zoos are like this. THIS WAS JUST A PROJECT I DID FOR SCHOOL. It is in NO way, shape, or form meant to harm anyone or “get everyone to think zoos are bad” or something like that. IT WAS JUST A STINKING PROJECT. Get over yourself.

I am SICK AND TIRED of people messaging me saying how I “have no right” to say these claims or that “they’re false statements”. I didn’t make this stuff up. You want my sources?

HERE THEY ARE.

http://www.opposingviews.com/question…

http://www.captiveanimals.org/news/20…

http://animals.howstuffworks.com/anim…

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/gl…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/ani…

http://www.veganpeace.com/animal_crue…

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-…

http://www.veganpeace.com/animal_crue…

http://animalrights.about.com/od/wild…

http://www.helium.com/items/588387-an…

http://www.spiegel.de/international/z…

THINK before you speak, people. Seriously. It’s not that hard.

We ALL are connected through NATURE!! 

We ALL are ONE!!