Cruelty found in hundreds of zoos and aquariums

[Pajarita]

Well, this is no surprise to me as I have known this ever since I worked in a zoo! Terrible places for animals... I took my grandson to the NYC Aquarium in Coney Island because he is fascinated by marine life and they were offering private tours called Wildnerness Encounter: Sharks (he knows A LOT about sharks!) and everything looks good but, personally, I found the 'bubble' aquariums too crowded and the place where they keep the zebra sharks was not much bigger than a bath tub! Why? So people can touch them!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lif ... li=BBnb4R7

[Pajarita]

Another 'black mark' for zoos:

https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/us- ... te-uproar/

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Bronx Zoo is being sued for animal cruelty (elephant mistreatment) by In Defense of Animals:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... treatment/

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Owner of Va. roadside zoo and nephew indicted for animal cruelty.

https://www.nbc12.com/2019/11/13/owner- ... dside-zoo/

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Animals found in deplorable conditions (feces and maggots!) in zoo that passed USDA inspection.

https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/ani ... title_1120

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More wrongdoing by zoo - they removed about 100 animals AFTER a court order to relinquish the animals for cruelty and would not say where the animals are (rescue group fears them dead and/or sold).

https://www.kcci.com/article/contempt-m ... s/30457156

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They filed for contempt of court trying to find the 100+ animals missing from the zoo.

https://aldf.org/article/court-filing-s ... dside-zoo/

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A list of the ten worst North American zoos for elephants (and yes, the 'sacred cows" of US zoos: Bronx and San Diego zoos are there!). A request for people to boycott them and to sign the petition at the end of the article.

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... h-america/


On another note, researchers at the Smithsonian's National Zoo are studying them to learn how they think, trying to save them:


https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science- ... g0MDg4NAS2