aquaristlifeforme:

liveinatreehouse:

aquaristlifeforme:

Zoos prevent extinction. This is why I support zoos. This is why the world should support zoos.

Meme credit goes to the zookeepers at www.facebook.com/ZoosSavingSpecies
@zoossavingspecies

As someone who despises zoos, this is an appreciated post. I 100% support saving species, but I’ve come across too many zoos who simply exit to profit from showing animals off, and keeping them in horrendous “habitats” (if you can call them that). I would however prefer them to just have conservation programs and release animals back into the wild. Animals in zoos for pleasure of people seeing them will never be acceptable to me.

Well make sure you read the AZA standards here https://www.aza.org/assets/2332/aza-accreditation-standards.pdf So that you know what accredited zoos are doing for their animals and how they go about caring for them. The zoos you have come across sound like they probably aren’t accredited. And if these good, accredited zoos didn’t have an admission price, they wouldn’t be able to fund the conservation programs and releases that you want. Or feed the animals. Or share information with the public. Or pay their passionate keepers and biologists. Or keep improving their habitats.