I agree that dog fighting is wrong. But I have a bit to say about the other things you mentioned.
I heard that many zoo animals today were either captive bred or are unable to survive in the wild. And there are many endangered species that can't boost their population enough on their own because of what humans have done, over hunting or habitat loss or whatever, and need breeding programs to recover. That's not to say these breeding programs are flawless, the continued breeding of white tigers is proof of that. I'm not going to get into it right now, but look it up if you want to know what makes it so terrible.
Also, some animals do much better in captivity that others. Like a cat does just fine in captivity as long as its treated right. But orcas do terrible in captivity, they're too large and intelligent to ever be kept humanely.
On the subject of hunting, sometimes animal populations get too high. This can unbalance and damage the ecosystem. Hunting is a way to keep the population in check. Granted if humans never showed up in the first place, then the ecosystem could probably sort itself out, but doing nothing to fix our mistake isn't going to help.
Circuses are shit though, good call on that one. We don't need animals for a cool performance. A dog or something is fine, but keep the elephants and tigers out of it. Same with racing. I don't know much about it, but my cousin worked for a horse sanctuary and she said many of their horses were former racers. She that it was disgusting the condition many of them arrived it. She also said that a lot of them were still very young because they're tossed out when they reach a certain age. Maybe racing would be okay if they were treated with the love and respect they deserve, but again, I don't know much about racing or horses in general so I could be very wrong.
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I agree that dog fighting is wrong. But I have a bit to say about the other things you mentioned.
I heard that many zoo animals today were either captive bred or are unable to survive in the wild. And there are many endangered species that can't boost their population enough on their own because of what humans have done, over hunting or habitat loss or whatever, and need breeding programs to recover. That's not to say these breeding programs are flawless, the continued breeding of white tigers is proof of that. I'm not going to get into it right now, but look it up if you want to know what makes it so terrible.
Also, some animals do much better in captivity that others. Like a cat does just fine in captivity as long as its treated right. But orcas do terrible in captivity, they're too large and intelligent to ever be kept humanely.
On the subject of hunting, sometimes animal populations get too high. This can unbalance and damage the ecosystem. Hunting is a way to keep the population in check. Granted if humans never showed up in the first place, then the ecosystem could probably sort itself out, but doing nothing to fix our mistake isn't going to help.
Circuses are shit though, good call on that one. We don't need animals for a cool performance. A dog or something is fine, but keep the elephants and tigers out of it. Same with racing. I don't know much about it, but my cousin worked for a horse sanctuary and she said many of their horses were former racers. She that it was disgusting the condition many of them arrived it. She also said that a lot of them were still very young because they're tossed out when they reach a certain age. Maybe racing would be okay if they were treated with the love and respect they deserve, but again, I don't know much about racing or horses in general so I could be very wrong.
this turned out a lot longer than i intended lol