We Need To Abolish All Zoos, Says Britain�s Zoo Owner

Please read this:�http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/416277/We-need-to-abolish-all-zoos-says-Britain-s-most-famous-zoo-owner-Damian-Aspinall

An excerpt:

Damian Aspinall wants his own industry phased out over the next 20-30 years, saying it was wrong to keep sentient creatures as lifelong �prisoners without parole�.

He said: �We�ve played God once when we took animals out of the forest for zoos, so surely we can play God again and try to get some of these animals home.�

Some 80 per cent of zoo animals are not in any sense endangered, he argued, adding they were either hybrid creatures with no conservation value, or on the contraceptive pill to stop them breeding and thereby pushing up costs.

Mr Aspinall, 53, said the millions of pounds spent on new enclosures could be better used breeding endangered species for a return to the wild.

Zoos should go. Sanctuaries for the purpose of conservation and release back to the wild may be a better option. But an even better option would be to stop destroying the natural habitat of animals and letting nature be. Alas, it is too late for that now. So conservation work is necessary.

But zoos should go.

Source: http://myanimalcare.org/2013/07/26/we-need-to-abolish-all-zoos-says-britains-zoo-owner/

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