Indonesia Zoo malnourishing animals and keeping them in cages where they can barely m

In indonesia, there is an underfunded zoo that just isn't suitable. So basically the rare white tiger walks around in a jail like cage while losing his ability to walk and with plenty of skin lesions. A giraffe just died with over 20 pounds of plastic in hist stomach. Pelicans are bunched into cages where they can't spread their wings. Bears are begging tourist for nuts or anyhting they can eat. Employees have sold animals and /or their food into the market.

IT is so disturbing, some here don't care about animals as well, but when you are in power(as humans are being smarter and the powerful species) it comes with freedom to dow hat you want which is also important to have a responsibility about this stuff. This was just disgusting to see why we keep them around and torture them for our entertainment. I've thought this way of eve nAmerican zoos, but at least they make an effort to make it comfortable. The whole concept of taking something living with a mind, family, home and take it away in a cage for viewing pleasure is disturbing

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/indonesia-nightmare-zoo-packed-sickly-animals-article-1.1037940

 

Yea exactly, if we want people to learn about these animals, watch the discovery channell and National geographic about their own environments and youll learn that they care for their families and have social systems even.
I used to enjoy seeing them in the zoos, but they literally are jailed just for the sake of us to see them. Dolphins, whales have shown depression in our water parks. We have the power over them and we use our privilege so irresponsibly and abusively that it is disgusting. Or evne go on a safari at least they are in their own places there.

But I hope you guys saw the video at the bottom of the link so you can kind of see them in your eyes and see them broken down. A Tiger that is such a powerful creature just absolutely lost and defeated with skin lesions all over and just stuck in a trade and the spirit completely done. This is all for our viewing pleasure. Imagine if someoen did that to our pets or dogs that we consider apart of the family.

 

Honestly, what was the point and satisfcation of killing them? Why not just go on a safari, or if you wanted something more intimate, go of on your own or with a guide and just go see them in their habitat. Bring a gun in case they attack(After all you are intruding) otherwise watch and admire. What really is the point of murdering them ?

 

Don't mean to pick on you Nook, but I am just curious of what others think of the issue, especially since hunting is prevalent over here. I understand if its for food really or even as the natives using the skin and just ahving it apart of the eco system, I think its fine if you are in defense.
But really, animals aren't humans, but they are still are living, thinking beings. What does that say about us if we go to their homes from our far away lands for 'vacation', find them, slaugther, shoot, and kill them not for necessity, but just for fun and sport. Its not quite like the murders for politicians etc of people of course, but its still heinous and outdated. What kind of insecurity would lead for people to be satisfied or feel manlier when they kill a creature much less powerful with them because they use a weapon that can kill anything. If its about being manly and proving theh unt, do it with oyur hands and see how well you fare. It really doesn't make much sense to me.

 

agreed, let em go home and stay in their ecosystems. would you rather be surviving now in a cage where you can only take a step to the left right, not be fed prooperly develop bacteria all over your skin, be the only one of your kind usually and just have other creatures come and stare at you for kicks. Is that really what you call 'alive'?