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This brings me back to Zoos. What are they for? If they are like Regents Park, Marwell and Chester etc and making a real contribution to nature conservation by breeding captive populations of threatened species destined for reintroduction back to the wild then surely that is a proper role. Too many are just a menagerie for the public to gawp at exotic species in confined cages. A way to make money but without any contribution to the conservation of the species concerned. It is not enough to say well we are building up captive populations of threatened wildlife so everybody will be able to see them once extinction has taken place. Maybe regulators should be stricter when licensing such establishments. As far as Colchester Zoo is concerned watch out as they have several Tigers. Heaven forbid if they escaped.
Here in The States we have some extremely lenient laws regarding the keeping of wild animals. They vary from state to state. Two years ago a man in Zanesville, Ohio released most of the animals in his possession and then killed himself. He had recently been released from prison on a gun charge. The animals went roaming around a neighborhood and were hunted down and killed by law enforcement officials.
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"49 animals were slaughtered, including 18 Bengal tigers, 17 lions, six black bears, a pair of grizzlies, three mountain lions, two wolves and a baboon."
This goes way, way beyond stupidity on the part of the state and the owner.
I saw a film over here about that. the attitude of the police was very gung-ho. they could not wait to start shooting.
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