Friday, April 13, 2012
The Private Zoo in Thailand
A private zoo in Bangkok was raided and 200 wild animals were confiscated by the local government. Over a dozen of these creatures are endangered. The owners had imported most straight from Afirca. Three of the "owners" were detained by police for not having proper licenses. Thailand is a known hub for the exotic animal trade.
My veiw on this is that yes, these animals are amazing and nice to look at, but they do not belong in a person's own private care. Espessially if that owner doesn't even have the right licenses to take care of these creatures. I hope that these people who ran the zoo are put in prison or have something worth the crime, it will send a message to others that this is not ok. Also, maybe it will start a crack down in Thailand's animal trade.
Finally, having 200 animals in cages not equiped for them is not ok. Who knows how much they were fed and or when? How many animals were in one cage together and were they cleaned often? These are the questions that you have to wonder about what these people did. Some the animals that it said were their were white lions (very rare), red pandas, lions, tigers. This is me just saying, let what's wild be wild.
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Its ridiculous that the people in charge of these zoos are so careless, and dont even have the right to be taking care of them. The fact that a lot of these animals are endangered makes it an even bigger issue. It's really just wrong.
ReplyDeletethose are all very good questions. maybe they will crack down more in Thailand, so that endanger species can be left where they belong.
ReplyDeleteSome animals that are endangered could become extinct if they are not taken from the wild. Yes, they should be treated correctly but they may have not even survived on their own in the wild if they were already endangered.
ReplyDeleteI think animals should not be locked up for a humans own entertainment. Zoo's are fun and all, but you gotta believe the animals hate it. Every now and then you'll see an animal escape from the zoo too, if that happens they may kill them, and if they are an endangered animal... well thats one less one which is not ok.
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I agree with you that animal holders without proper liscenses should not be having animals for showing. Wild animals need to be taken care of properly, it is awful that somebody would do this because there is no way they know how to take care of them.
ReplyDeletei agree that animals shouldnt be locked up. The wild animals are beautiful, and shouldnt be stuck in cages for our fun. people who decide not to get a liscense, shouldnt even be able to get the animals without propper identification.
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