Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Zoos, Captivity, and slavery

 “Zoo staff butchered Marius and fed part of his body to their lions, in front of a public audience, including children.”


Animals are naturally wild and free animals. They can be physically kept, taken care of, and loved but it’s spiritually impossible to own an animal of the Earth. We keep them against their will with full awareness that they're unhappy in circuses and zoos. We make them do tricks and flips with whips, yet claiming we’re  saving a  species. Endangered and exotic  animals should be happy we are giving them a safe facility away from their cubs and natural habitat(sarcasm). Furthermore, their  new habitat has fake grass, bamboo, and genetically modified animal feed.  Yes, we we are “bringing people and animals together (animalrights.about)”, but behind a plexy galss prison full of old poop. By going to zoos, people support and provoke  the captivity and slavery of animals: “a visit to a zoo is a wholesome family activity… animals in captivity suffer from stress, boredom and confinement… get sold or traded.” What about the surplus? An american zoo can’t possibly hold all the characters in that Lion King movie. So Mufasa, Scar, and Simba get sold when they can no longer perform or if the zoo no longer has room for them. According to animalright.about.com, extra animals are either  “killed outright”, sold to other zoos, or circuses for more torture. The best solution is to just  ban zoos. Yeah we could improve the facility with more tax dollars and hire nicer animal trainers, but the wild is where animals truly belong. So the next time you go to a zoo think of 2 year old Marius the Giraffe who was killed due to overpopulation and Ned the elephant who was beaten by his trainer.