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Originally Posted by bob rulz
Because those people have the free will to choose to live there, while the animals do not?
Moving the zoo is a bad idea for multiple reasons, not the least of which is the entirely unnecessary expense of moving it.
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I expected the objection contained in your final line, or that the land would be better used for a different purpose. That me very well be and probably is true. It is a completely rational objection. The rest of what you and others have said, namely the animal health stuff, is non thinking 100% disconnected from reality garbage.
Children certainly do not have the choice about where they live. The adults that live near major highways don't have a real choice they live there out of economic necessity. No one ever turned to their realtor and said " you didn't tell me there was a freeway in the backyard, I would be willing to pay extra for that!". Having an objection to zoo animals living near a freeway is ridiculous so long as you are ok with people, including children, living there.
These animals live in cages for their whole lives. The animals at Hogle Zoo are not there to protect endangered species or for their welfare. They are there for your convenient viewing pleasure. They live their whole lives in cages to make you happy. No b******* accreditation in the world is going to change that fact.
Further unless you are a vegan and for closing all zoos then I really don't want to hear about the asthma or cancer risks of caged animals. Every week you walk into a grocery store with an entire wall of literally butchered animal body parts for sale. Until that starts to bother you shut the f*** up.
For the record it doesn't bother me but then again I'm not deluding myself. I admit to what it is.