Quote Originally Posted by Neo Emolga View Post
I dunno, I just don't believe in forcing an animal to do tricks and nonsense if they really don't like it and if it puts some kind of strain on them. I mean if a dolphin can bump a ball through a hoop, that's great, but if they're in poor health and are just plain unhappy, put an end to that. Trust me, I would WAY rather see the animals leading happier and healthier lives than seeing a few silly tricks and nonsense.

And I understand there are some zoo efforts that are working hard to keep certain species of animals thriving that probably would have been extinct by now if they hadn't intervened. Those are the awesome ones. I wish they could all be like that.
Yeah I mean I'm not trying to excuse them all because places like sea world do exist and are horrible. But I can remember there was a circus that used to come to town all the time but was forced to release all its elephants even though every inspection of the place came up that the elephants were very well treated, but because protests were getting out of hand, they had to release their elephants and the circus subsequently went bankrupt. It's cases like that that make me really mad.

Yeah those zoos are great!