Anti-Zoo

20/08/2019

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/zoos-cruel-wildlife-conservation-species-a9056701.html

Zoos do not play a significant role in the conservation of wildlife, their claims to educate are exaggerated and their research is compromised. Leading conservationist Damian Aspinall reckons it’s time to phase them out

11/10/2017

Zoos are designed to enslave and exploit, not protect and conserve.

30/12/2016

Elena Orde administers a cheeky riposte to classic pro-zoo arguments and provides tips on how readers can discuss this sensitive issue with non-vegan friends and family.

16/12/2016

STOCKHOLM (AP) — People around the world were stunned when Copenhagen Zoo killed a healthy 2-year-old giraffe named Marius, butchered its carcass i

16/12/2016

An essay against zoos by Dale Jamieson.

Assorted writings on animal liberation.

06/11/2016

For animal people. Pass it on.

24/06/2016

Elephants in the zoo aren't "dancing", they're experiencing zoochosis.

For the love of animals. Pass it on.

08/06/2016

For the love of animals. Pass it on.

08/06/2016

Zoos are jails

02/06/2016

Zoos should not exist in the first place.

The Born Free Foundation is shocked by the news from Cincinnati Zoo, which indicates that a child climbed or fell into the gorilla enclosure, and zoo authorities subsequently shot dead a male gorilla named Harambe.

20/05/2016

Zoos are psychologically harmful to animals. The Born Free Foundation explains zoochosis, a common psychological condition that happens in zoo animals where they display repetitive, abnormal behaviors. Some of these include repetitive pacing, swaying, head-bobbing or circling, bar-biting, self-mutilation, and self-induced vomiting. They included video examples of each of these.

Ensuring reasonable animal welfare in captivity is extremely challenging. Animal species have evolved over millennia and their physical, physiological and behavioural traits have developed in order to optimise their chances of survival in their natural environment.