Animal Abuse In Zoos. They can even be the cute babies themselves when they've stopped being cute at the end of the season. Zoos claim to save wild animals, but wild animals in zoos are reduced to commodities and given inadequate habitats.
The practice of killing “surplus” animals is kept quiet by zoos, but it happens, especially in europe. Physical abuse occurs in zoos. Recorded a year ago and released on august 11, 2017, the video shows employees of the zoo admitting to abusing the animals living on the premises as well as the distressing living conditions the.
We then visited 12 of the ‘top’ zoos and aquariums and confirmed that cruel and demeaning performances and activities, known to cause great physical and mental distress, are taking place.
And provide environments that focus on the animals’ physical and behavioural needs” (animal welfare 2015). Animals are kept in small enclosures that are not suitable for their sizes, and they are often cramped with other animals as well. Zoos have a systematic overproduction of animals. As an example of the grim life of animals in zoos, an animal equality undercover investigator documented the last days of “chata”, a baby lioness who fell ill at seville zoo and died, without receiving any veterinary care, due to her abuse at the zoo.