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There’s a good factsheet on animal mistreatment and abuse in Dublin Zoo at the end of this page -including incidences of food poising, blindness, shootings and accidental killings, mostly from neglectful care https://naracampaigns.org/dublin-zoo/
This list also features the arrest of a former Dublin zoo keeper, in only the last 10 years, who had known involvement with dogfighting and was thought to be coking up dogs for sport, as well as conditioning them w treadmills
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jailed-zoo-keeper-was-dog-fighter-rn2v83bczzn
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jailed-zoo-keeper-was-dog-fighter-rn2v83bczzn
It’s also argued a lot that the zoo has educational value. for whom? I’ve been on 2 educational visits to the zoo, one with a community school and one with a university, both required not insignificant fees. I’m lucky I was able to go, because it’s educational for the privileged
and it’s not enough to cite conservational value without being specific. “Involved in conservation projects” is not the same as successfully completing a conservation effort. I haven’t seen any evidence for actually successful re-introductions once today.
https://twitter.com/Seanrayner97/status/1329009221942321152?s=20
https://twitter.com/Seanrayner97/status/1329009221942321152?s=20
“but there’s not much else in Dublin to bring kids to” - is a city planning & urban amenities problem and again highlights that there are even less options for those who can’t afford the zoo.
I understand many have good memories of going there, which is valid. The conversation is made complex by how we emotionally attach to those memories, and animals.
still, we now have opportunity to reconsider how to support a conservation effort that isn’t a profiteering industry
still, we now have opportunity to reconsider how to support a conservation effort that isn’t a profiteering industry
