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In 2007, after one of their gorillas, Bokito, escaped and attacked a women who stared at him every day, the Rotterdam Zoo started handing out glasses that tricked the gorillas to avoid stare (files.catbox.moe)

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[–] rah@feddit.uk 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So you acknowledge that zoos are not necessary for conservation?

[–] Liz@midwest.social 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Not in a binary sense, no. Such thinking isn't useful, however. Zoos are a very strong net good fot animals, with minimal downsides (assuming the zoo keepers aren't calloused assholes).

[–] rah@feddit.uk 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

with minimal downsides

To me your view seems woefully ignorant, possibly even delusional:

https://northeastwildlife.org/why-do-zoo-animals-pace-back-and-forth/

[–] Liz@midwest.social 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yes I'm well aware of the difficulties involved, but they can be mitigated, as your source explains. There's more issues than just keeping them from going stir-crazy, but a proper zoo (the only kind I advocate for) will do their best to address all of them.

[–] rah@feddit.uk 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

they can be mitigated

But not eliminated.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 1 points 7 months ago

You and I have different moral systems and you think that hammering a deal-breaker for you will cause me to change my mind, when I'm perfectly okay with causing a small harm in order to secure a much much greater good.