sharkfucker420 comments on Should we take animals back to their habitats and ban zoos and circuses?

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 month ago* (5 children)

yes 👍

With the caveat that zoo animals cannot simply be dumped in the wild. Zoos should simply be forbidden from acquiring more animals whether through breeding or purchase until they stop functioning as zoos.

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[–] snek_boi@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 month ago (3 children)

This. Some animals with disabilities or that were raised in captivity would have awful lives if suddenly released. And yet reducing incentives for capturing wild animals sounds great.

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[–] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

There are no incentives for capturing wild animals because that is poaching… something already internationally prohibited by every UN signatory.

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[–] snek_boi@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago*

You and I both seem to dislike poaching. But I'm a bit confused as to what you're saying. To understand where you're coming from, what does an incentive mean to you? Are you saying that there are truly absolutely no incentives for poaching? If so, why is poaching still a thing? I understand pangolins, rhinos, and other animals are still poached quite a bit.

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago

And there are never incentives for doing illegal things.

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[–] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Zoos are already prohibited from purchasing animals to prevent poaching and animal smuggling.

Animal breeding is also tightly regulated and not done to create more “toys”, but for the express purpose of releasing the new members back into the wild.

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