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From Today's Los Angeles Times

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The zoo, surely, carries responsibility for deficiencies in its enclosure. In light of this horrible incident, is it right for the zoo to carry on a breeding program that subjects more animals to such unnatural lives? In my opinion, neither Harambe nor the child should ever have been at the zoo.

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First of all, I want to tell you how much I enjoy Animal Ethics. It’s a job-matching site for all jobs related to animals, like training, grooming, veterinary medicine, caretaking, zoo positions, and much, much more. If the majority of your blog readers are animal lovers like me, then I know they’d love my site.

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From Today's New York Times

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To the Editor: Re “ Lost Cobra May Hide for Weeks, Zoo Says ” (news article, March 29): The sideshow atmosphere surrounding the lost cobra at the Bronx Zoo has yielded online hilarity and supplied material for late-night talk show hosts, but the zoo is never fun for the animals.

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ZooBorns

Animal Ethics

At the risk of being a killjoy, let me say that there should ( morally ) be no zoos. Wild animals belong in the wild. Mark Spahn sent a link to this blog. Like humans, they have a right to liberty. They do not exist for our amusement, entertainment, or education.

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Save Elephants in Zoos

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See here.

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From Today's New York Times

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27): It’s little wonder that Tatiana, the tiger that escaped from the San Francisco Zoo, longed for her freedom. To the Editor: Re “ Tiger on the Loose: Can It Happen Here? ” (news article, Dec.

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From the Mailbag

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Like the site—you might like to see my post on Cairo zoo. mary beard

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