Copenhagen Zoo

WTF!
How to win friends visitors and influence people.
I think not!
 
Another Danish Zoo killed two lions in the weeks before Copenhagen euthanized the much talked about giraffe; but unfortunately press coverage was less than minimal.

According to EAZA (European Association of Zoos and Aquaria) 3000-5000 healthy animals are culled per year.

While its good that there is negative publicity surrounding what Copenhagen Zoo is doing, I think more pressure needs to be applied to Zoos around Europe (and of course the ROTW). There hasn't been much media attention on the UK zoos carrying out this practice.

I'm not a zoologist, but there must be a better way of regulating captive animal breeding.
 
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ACW said:
I'm not a zoologist, but there must be a better way of regulating captive animal breeding.
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No respectable zoo breeds young for the visitor boost. All the fuss is being made about the big "cuddly" animals but the culling happens more often with your smaller short lived species (deer, antelope, shrews, etc.....) But this seems acceptable to the bunny huggers but go to kill a lion or giraffe and they suddenly find their voice! It is a management tool for the greater good of the captive population and this is a far from ideal world.
 
Mbuti said:
No respectable zoo breeds young for the visitor boost. All the fuss is being made about the big "cuddly" animals but the culling happens more often with your smaller short lived species (deer, antelope, shrews, etc.....) But this seems acceptable to the bunny huggers but go to kill a lion or giraffe and they suddenly find their voice! It is a management tool for the greater good of the captive population and this is a far from ideal world.
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But it's far easier to control the breeding of the large cute and cuddlies, as you call them, so why not do that?
 
viv1969 said:
But it's far easier to control the breeding of the large cute and cuddlies, as you call them, so why not do that?
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They do but lots of different factors that no one has considered.
1) Contraception are not 100% effective.
2) Keeping males and females apart are not good for group dynamics
3) Females can become infertile with long periods of non breeding
4) For the captive population to be sustainable they need to breed them but get too many males or females.

Just some of the reason the animals may breed but are not needed.

This situation is not clear cut and people only seem to have a disgust to it when the cute and cuddly animals.

I personally do not want to see any animal put down when it is healthy but for the greater good of a species in captivity (in order to build a healthy back up population) then I can understand it. Just hate the up roar of all this just because it is a giraffe or lion when many others are culled but no one takes a blind bit of notice!
 
No idea what the perfect solution is but for now i'd be happy to see and photograph these little critters

 
You and the rest of us Neil, but go on a weekday if you want to use your whipsnade membership, it doesn't cover the car park at weekends and during school hols
 
Yip ... hoping weather is nice on Thurs ;)
 
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