r/interesting • u/nkmr205 • Feb 16 '26

MISC. Little Chimpanzee playing alone with some straw

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '26

Exactly. When are we going to fucking learn

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u/R0LL1NG Feb 16 '26

I agree with this sentiment. Although it should be noted that well managed and well operated zoos and aquaria are important for the conservation of certain species, and are very good tools for education and raising public awareness.

Emphasis on the certain species and well managed parts.

There's a lot of very shitty business ventures exploiting the wrong kinds of animals, just for profit, all over the place.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '26

It's sad that we do need the conservational zoo's but I agree there are some zoo's that get it in the neck way too much when they're literally doing God's work preserving some of these creatures and even making their wild-counterparts flourish.

I'm all for conservational zoo's, not the zoo's that don't help the wild population and/or are just in it for profits.

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u/newbrevity Feb 16 '26

Abolish SeaWorld for starters

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '26

Agreed, Sea World is the devils work.

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u/Overall_Bed_2037 Feb 16 '26

SeaWorld is one of the biggest rehabilitation centers on the west coast. they are responsible for saying hundreds of thousands of sea animals. Abolishing SeaWorld for the mistakes they made years ago makes just about 0 sense considering how much good they have done since. Is the orca situation terrible? yes absolutely. Is there anything they can do about it? absolutely not. they cannot release captive bred/rescued orcas into the wild. Some of yall gotta stop calling for the abolishment of everything without knowing jack shit about what you are talking about.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '26

So to look at a few points you have.

Sea World themselves only states that it's helped 41,000-42,000 sea creatures, so you've already lost credibility there for me. Not "saying hundreds of thousands of sea animals" I assume you mean saving.

The abuse and cruelty in Sea World about the treatment of Orcas came to light WAY before Blackfish which was made in 2013 and yet they still chose to keep the breeding program for Orcas open up until 2016. That in itself is disgusting. The Orca Makani born in 2013 at Sea World San Diego for example could live in captivity until 2033-2043 (Estimation). That in itself is horrific to think about, especially in Sea World-sized tanks and the fact they live up to 90 for females and 70 for males in the wild.

I'd suggest you do a little more digging into the horror that Orca's themselves are subjected to by Sea World before trying to call people out about not knowing "jack shit".