zoos
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Zoos Are So Afraid Of Poachers They’re Starting To Cut The Horns Off Their Rhinos
A Czech zoo has decided to remove the horns of 18 white rhinos after a deadly attack last week at a French zoo where poachers shot a rhino and used a chainsaw to cut off its horns. Welcome to the new normal, where even zoo animals have to be mutilated to protect them from poaching.
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Zoos Suck For Both Animals And Humans
The backlash has been vicious since zookeepers killed a gorilla named Harambe in order to protect a boy who fell into its enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo. Now, police are investigating the parents in a misguided effort to administer blame, but one thing is more clear than ever: Zoos are awful places for animals to…
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This Custom Poop-Chute Dispenses Droppings For Lions To Play With
There’s a lion in the San Francisco Zoo that absolutely adores rhino dung: loves smelling it; loves rolling in it. A team of Stanford students found this out during a design-build course, and you know what they did? Those undergrads developed a custom three-pronged poop-chute for the lion lair.
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Costa Rica Is Actually Closing All Of Its Zoos
Beginning in March 2014, the two government-owned zoos in Costa Rica will be closed. The country is known for prioritising environmental conservation, and zoo closures are a major step that animal rights and environmental advocates have been supporting worldwide for years. And Costa Rica really doesn’t need artificial diversity given that the country houses 500,000…