June is National Zoo and Aquarium Month, but we don’t think this is any reason to celebrate.
The zoo community regards the animals it keeps as commodities, and animals are regularly bought, sold, borrowed, and traded without any regard for established relationships. Zoos breed animals because the presence of babies draws zoo visitors and boosts revenue.
Proponents of zoos like to claim that zoos protect species from extinction, but they neglect less popular species that also need to be prote...
June is National Zoo and Aquarium Month, but we don’t think this is any reason to celebrate.
The zoo community regards the animals it keeps as commodities, and animals are regularly bought, sold, borrowed, and traded without any regard for established relationships. Zoos breed animals because the presence of babies draws zoo visitors and boosts revenue.
Proponents of zoos like to claim that zoos protect species from extinction, but they neglect less popular species that also need to be protected. While confining animals to zoos keeps them alive, it does nothing to protect wild populations and their habitats.
In the recent events that have happened to animals in zoo's all over the world such as Gaza, Indonesia, Denmark and now in the States- it is clear that the time is now to reach out to the public to help create and feel empathy for the animals that are exploited in all zoo's. It is time for zoo's and aquariums to take responisibility of their devastating actions and to decide on a more humane direction so that animals can live the lives that they truly deserve.
For the first time, we are heading to the Toronto Zoo to encourage zoo goer's that animals and entertainment do not belong together and as a strong city, we should ban together to speak out against the suffering and enslavement of these beautiful animals.
