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[–] RadicalCandour@startrek.website 55 points 1 year ago (24 children)

To add to this, A lot of gorillas that are saved from unsafe/illegal conditions cannot go back into the wild. Places like The Rotterdam zoo provides a lot of enrichment for these animals that you won’t see at say, Joe’s roadside animal park.

[–] rah@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago (23 children)

Why not save animals from unsafe/illegal conditions and provide enrichment, without turning the animals into an attraction?

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Because people wouldn't support spending their taxes on it without making them aware of the value. Which is done by educating them.

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