It is so depressing how these stories aren’t even the animals fault but instead the greed of humans. This is why I do research before going to a zoo to see if they take care of animals. Some examples of zoos you can support are the AZA accredited zoos and aquariums such as the San Diego Zoos.
The San Diego zoo is such a good zoo! There’s a lot there and they take care of their animals. Most of them if not all, are there because they can’t be released/survive in the wild
If you like the San Diego Zoo, you'll love the wild animal park. They have the last of the white Rhinos and there are a few species that are extinct in the wild but still live on there. They do so much to help with reintroducing animals back in their native range.
There are also two incidents that I know where a child has entered a zoo gorilla enclosure and been protected/cared for by a gorilla. In one incident, a female gorilla carried the boy over to a door that was used by zookeepers. It’s thought she did this to get the child help. In a different incident, the silverback in the enclosure, Jambo, is thought to have protected the child. He wouldn’t allow a any of the other gorillas near the child and, in fact, quickly moved them away, allowing humans to rescue the child. No gorillas were harmed in either incident.
that stupid industry of using animal parts for *medicine* is destroying ecosystems and endangered species, rhinos, Tigers, Sharks, you name it, there should be capital punishments all along the chain especially those who are at the end using the products, and selling them, life behind bars or the death penalty if their country has it. Also that sick thing they do to poor bears kept with holes in their stomachs to *harvest* bile.
Here in Virginia we have a park called Maymont, it’s a large old estate that’s been turned into a tourist attractions w gardens, a nature center, and a handful of native animal exhibits. These animals include foxes, deer, birds of prey, and a couple of black bears. Sadly, almost 10 years ago, some dumb woman helped her son climb over the first security fence at the bear exhibit, getting him close enough to the main fence to stick his hand in and “pet the bears”. Yeah, old bear thought he was being fed and bit tf outta the kids hand. Due to a “potential for rabies” they put BOTH bears down cuz they couldn’t identify which one did it. Eventually new bears were adopted and I think they built a taller security fence, but it’s still a really sad story that could’ve been entirely avoided.
There is a much taller fence now, and there's a memorial statue built to the bears. I don't go very often anymore, but the memorial makes me sad everytime I see it
The issue isn’t private zoos so much as the ability of a government to police private zoos Australia Zoo, Chester Zoo ect are both private zoos that are world renowned, the issue is when permits are handed out without inspections or in some places are not even required, ideally there is minimum standards that must be kept in order to keep those permits and inspections on an annual basis
As someone in the zoo world, there's one exhibit designer/operations staff member I knew who basically said that with a few exceptions, barriers need to be designed to keep people out, not keep animals in. While there are a few notorious escape artists who need more advanced and secure designs (e.g. Octopus, Orangutans), more often than not its easier to keep an animal in than keep people out- especially with how stupid many people are.
@@dubuyajay9964 only very vaguely familiar with him. Orangutans overall, however, as a smart and agile species, are one of the most likely escape artists of the zoo world. Zoos designing Orangutan exhibits (and other great apes for that matter), need to be extremely cognizant of their intellect and agility when designing safe and secure enclosures.
I agree with you that there are some zoos which should be closed down immediately, and also that in any situation where animals are used for profit, there is always the risk of unscrupulous people exploiting them, to the detriment of the animals. I also agree with you wholeheartedly on the subject of private zoos - but the US is guilty of abuse of animals in this scenario more than anywhere else, due to the lax licensing involved. In addition, I believe it's wholly immoral to make a wild animal (as opposed to domestic ones) a pet. However, I must disagree with some of your negative aspects of zoos. With regard to some animals travelling large distances as part of their natural behaviour, let's keep in mind that the only reason they travel is to obtain their basic needs. If these needs can be provided in a smaller area, they wouldn't travel. There is of course a need for stimulation when the struggle for survival is taken away, which is why good zoos go to a lot of effort to provide enrichment, and those animals are mentally and physically healthy. Conscientious zoos are aware of the limitations imposed by captivity, and although I agree there are some species I never want to see in zoos, Cetaceans being a prime example (because I don't believe it's possible to provide them with quality of life) it's important to face the fact that some species wouldn't be with us any more if it weren't for carefully managed captive breeding programs. I've visited over 250 zoos in my life and will continue to do so, but always being observant as to whether the inhabitants are happy and healthy. In summary, I have to say your examples are less about the negative aspects of keeping animals in captivity, than it is about the selfishness and stupidity of people - which is how it should have been framed.
I recently was introduced to the idea of wildlife parks (can't remember their exact term) replacing zoos, which comes with the addition of making it illegal/difficult to keep some of the larger/more intelligent species on display (except out of necessity). I live very close to two zoos that have and still partake in the Species Survival Plan, successfully breeding and releasing Mexican Grey Wolves and Red Wolves (in addition to others, if I recall correctly). Most issues aren't black or white, but that doesn't mean we can't try to do better.
The breeding program thing is good but the African sanctuary allowing hunting is just stupid I don't know why they allow this Africa is one of the most poached places on earth there's more rare and endangered species than anywhere else on the planet plus some hunters take advantage of the wilderness and lack of people to do illegal shit honestly there should just be a sign saying "HELLO POACHERS WELCOME "
Just to clarify No I'm not calling every hunter a poacher some people's intentions and motives are different from others and not always good so again one of those people do give me shit for it
It's very sad and terrible that these animal suffered. But luckily not all zoos are bad. There are a lot who deeply care for their animals and try everything in their power to offer them a good life
When and when does it go into effect? I think it's a much needed law. No one needs a big cat as a pet. I hope they go after wolves and wolf dog owners next.
Zoos also secure species for their reintroduction in the future. We wouldnt have f.e. Wisent if it wasnt for zoos. And yes big animals need to roam in nature because they need to find food. This is not done out of pleasure but because of necessity.
Oh man, reopening up that harambe wound from 2016...... as much as the mother should have not allowed her child to climb into the gorilla enclosure the enclosure design should have made it impossible for any member of the public to enter an enclosure. Honestly how hard is it to incorporate glass barriers that can’t be climbed over? There’s enough recorded cases of it happening that it really should be a standard feature in enclosure designs moving forward. In the zoo in the city in which i live the enclosures for predatory megafauna can’t be accessed by visitors no matter what they try. But now that i think about it the crocodile and ungulate enclosure could easily be jumped into by somebody insane enough .... holy shit. I hope they’ve since amended that - last visited the zoo in 1999
Can you make a video about some of the coolest and most unique animals found in estuaries? I live by the Chesapeake Bay in the US state of Maryland, the largest estuary in North America and the 3rd largest in the world, so this would be super cool to see!
Sometime in 2008, I actually saw a cheetah in a field while I was on the train from Kent to Ashford. The funny thing is that I immediately recognised it as such rather than going the whole cryptozoology route and thinking it was some mystery big cat.
this wasn't the first time boys fell in gorilla exhibits, the first one was in Jersey Zoo in the 1980s where a boy fell in the gorilla pit and was knocked out, a silverback named Jambo saw the boy and went to check on him while keeping him separate from the other gorillas, when the boy woke up he cried in pain from the fall and it scared Jambo and the other gorillas alway allowing people to come and bring the boy up, the second time was in Brookfield Zoo in the 1990s where again a boy fell in the gorilla exhibit and was knocked out, a female gorilla name Binti Jua saw the boy and came and pick him up and took him to a doorway where zookeepers go, they bring the boy and got him back
In 1996 a 3 year old boy fell into the Gorilla enclosure at the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago, Illinois USA. A female gorilla named Binti Jua came and cradled him and brought him to her enclosure door with her own child clinging onto her back. She put the boy down when she heard the door opening and no humans or animals were killed. It's one of the more wholesome zoo accidents and it's tragic how out of the norm it is because of that.
the story of the Gorilla Binti-jua of Chicago's Brookfield Zoo is also another fascinating story about a child who fell into the gorilla enclosure. But in this case, the opposite of Hirambe happened, and the gorilla actually saved the boy. That would be an interesting video if you decide to do more of these.
OH, I KNOW A CRAZY ZOO STORY! I heard that on august 16 1996 at the Brookfield zoo, a little boy fell into the indoor gorilla habitat in tropic world, and a female western lowland gorilla named Binti-Jua saved him, and binti is still alive and at the zoo.
Liquidating the whole concept of zoos solely on the base of space fails to adress the actual reasons animals in the wild roam in the first place - and no, it's not because they like to change scenery. In the wild, the size of the territory or home range depends on the amount of resources (food, shelter, mates), and the more resources there are, the more circumscribed the area of movement is, which in turns allows a greater population density. That's, btw, is how conservationists determine what habitat has priority when a species needs protection. Now, animals in human care don't need territories nearly as large as they would in the wild, as resources are readily aviable in a comparatively small area. Still, zoo bodies have various regulations when it comes to how the exhibits should be constructed and maintained; these aim to ensure animals are given space to move around, the ability to keep for themselves if they so choose, and the ability to perform as much as their natural repertoire as possible. In other words, its quality over quantity, and to achieve a good quality is essential an holistic approach based on scientific evidences. This camp is constantly upgrading.
Got "Atlanta's Iconic Ape" for Christmas. Interesting read on how Zoo Atlanta went from bottom of the barrel to the industry standard States-side on gorilla husbandry (I also found out San Diego had two mountain gorillas at one point in time; most zoo gorillas are western lowland ones. Sadly "critically endangered" in the wild mostly due to the unsustainable bushmeat trade, but do animal right's activists even care?).
If you ever do a part 2, there's a wild Harambe-ish case that happened in the Brasilia Zoo in the 70s involving one of the coolest animals ever. This particular zoo is known in Brazil for having really large humane enclosures for the animals compared to most others. The giant-river-otters have so much room I've never even seen them. However, back in the day it was literally just a pool a couple meters below ground level with a waist high fence around it, it's one of the stupidest things I've seen in my life. In 1977 the otters had apparently just given birth and were particularly agitated, even tho they were known for being quite docile, and a very stupid 13 yo with very neglectful parents managed to dive in the pool for whatever reason. As he screamed for help a 33 yo sergeant from the Brazilian army jumped in, managed to save the boy before the otters could get to him, but in the process was brutally mauled, sustaining over 100 bites before he was pulled out. The man died 3 days later from generalized infection, and the kid went on to live a long happy life until he was arrested for being a corrupted politician =). Interestingly enough no otters were killed in the process, the kid was widely blamed, whenever my parents took me to the zoo as a kid they always said things like "don't act like the stupid otter boy" lol. The man died a hero and the otters are still one of the zoo's main attractions to this day, with even a memorial to the sergeant alongside their enclosure
I believe it was the 1990's when some woman decided to say a close hello to Binky the polar bear. Famous picture of Binky with a tennis shoe in his mouth. It happened at our tiny little zoo in Anchorage Alaska.
Zanesville is fair that it's on this list and it was horrible but this video feels like a anti zoo hit piece, private zoos really shouldn't exist but come on public zoos aren't at fault for public stupidity that gorilla shouldn't have been shot for a mother not properly watching her kid. Love the channel but this stuff seems to get more and more depressing. Hope to see a video about good things zoos have done.
@@That1Eagle unfortunately that might had made the problem worse as it would have a take some time for it to kick in whilst Harambe might had become agitated from you know being shot and nade the situation even more dangerous and unpredictable in the time it would taken taken him to sleep
@@That1Eagle that actually going to make thing worse because the gorilla was already agitated putting a tranquilizer would only piss Harambe off even more
@@That1Eagle unfortunately, tranquilizing would've been illegal in this instance. Based on the laws related to dangerous animals, Cincinatti had no choice but to shoot to kill. Sad, but that's reality.
I live in Michigan, I remember an incident at the Detroit Zoo - where a guy jumped into the chimpanzee enclosure and saved one of the chimps from drowning in the moat. Awesome rescue, but it could've ended very badly.
You could talk about the giraffe that was euthanised in Copenhagen zoo. It was put on a surplus list for other zoos to take as it was genetically unsustainable for the zoo to keep. They then after a while of it being on the list euthanised it, and fed it to the lions at their zoo for people to watch. Crazy story.
You are definitely right about zoo animals killing other zoo animals. I’m an employee at a zoo and a couple months ago we got a new giraffe. He didn’t last a week before the other two decided to end him. It was horrible, very traumatic for everyone involved.
There’s one macaque was never accounted for in the Ohio incident. It was assumed soon after the animals were released it was eaten by one of the large predators. But who knows
Posting From Pittsburgh, A couple ignored warning signs, and placed their child past the guard rails. The child ended up falling into the wild dog enclosure. Child died, and all the African wild dogs were put down.
That is so dumb. Why kill the wild dogs? If I had a zoo if make visitors sign a firm that if they let their kids get into animal enclosures then they were responsible NOT the animals.
@@jase123111 because some of the animals had killed a human.. they killed all of them, the sad thing is, there was even a saftey net, but the child was so light it bounced off the net.
There was a zoo in india which kept several former circus tigers. A depressed zookeeper freed these tigers into a national park next to the zoo before shooting himself dead. Although none of the tigers were ever found ( they were probably killed off by wild tigers or other animals in the park or died from lack of food), it seems that one of the tigers ( a siberian cross) mated with a wild bengal female tiger to produce hybird cubs which has led to genetic pollution of these tigers
I know this is gonna be a controversial comment but is it weird that I think Harambe’s life was more valuable then the child’s since there are nearly 9 billion humans and his species of Gorrila only has a few thousand and most and are endangered. I’m not saying I wanted either to die though!
I get what you are saying BUT the laws wouldn't allow your belief to prevail. I would have been willing to try more to peacefully get the kid away from Harambe. I would have liked to see both of them survive.
@@yzettasmith4194 same I didn’t want either to die. But I’m just saying harambe’s death hurt his species more then the kid’s would’ve if that made sense. I’m not talking about laws or anything.
I don't think it's fair to call the Zanesville Massacre a zoo event. It was a private collection held by a mentally ill man, who committed suicide by tigers. A sad, shocking incident for sure, but not at a zoo- instead a private pet collection, which is an entirely different problem completely distinct from the many zoos, good and bad, out there. There's a difference between private zoos and a private pet collection- the former is a zoo open to the public, but owned by an individual, some of which are horrible but others are very respectable institutions, but Zainesville was a private collection not open to the public- akin to someone keeping way too many (and way too dangerous) pets. Most of these private collections, especially when they include dangerous animals, are almost always problematic.
Great video, unfortunately I haven’t been watching as many of your videos but this one in particular will hopefully inform more people why when it comes to zoos the animals should be top priority. I also believe that your hard word is still under appreciated and I hope that some time in the future it will pay off.
Jumbo the circus elephant and maybe one of the biggest of kind and couple other animals I want to say camels maybe lol I can't remember how bout a list of rare animals lost at sea or during transport train wreck or something like that or not I watch your great and informative videos all the time keep up the good content thanx
Animals killing other animals including heir own species happens way more in the wild than in captivity. While an animal may not be able to escape they are being monitored and immediately any conflict will be broken up and the animals will be put in separate enclosures with the injured one being treated. As with your statement about private collections, I agree people shouldn't be able to own big cats, bears, or chimpanzees but I believe we should be allowed to own less dangerous exotics. I myself have 2 snakes (Ball Python, Boa Constrictor) and 2 lizards (Leopard Geckos) that were all born and raised in captivity and have cared for without incident. You can't blanket all exotics into one category and say everything is dangerous and there are plenty of responsible pet owners who care for their animals properly have not let their animals escape or released them, it's just the bad ones that do are the only ones the media talks about. Additionally, while there needs to be proper barriers around animal exhibits, people should also be responsible for themselves and their children. I hear about plenty of stories about idiots who climb over a fence around a roller coaster and get hit and killed by it or climb up the railings of a cruise ship and fall overboard, or trespass or stop on railroad tracks and get hit by a train. And of course the media likes to paint the place like it's dangerous when it's really the dumbasses own fault. While facilities need to have safety requirements, people also need to be responsible for their own safety too and make smart choices.
My dad works in Dublin just away from Zanesville the call to the FD in Zanesville of the woman who had a lion walk in front of her car it was insane for awhile in central Ohio
The only way I could possibly condone a private zoo is if it wasn't just some weird vanity thing and the owner/owners just truly loved those animals, are trained professionals, and actually cared about and took care of their animals properly and did conservation efforts. Wait I think that's just an animal sanctuary.
And even then, a sanctuary can still be accredited by the AZA in order to be able to receive retiring animals so that they can still live out the rest of their days in comfort while the bigger zoos cycle in their younger and new animals
I'm from Ohio and remember the Zanesville incident. I live not that far from it and one of my classmates' dad had purchased two tiger cubs when in Vegas just before the incident. Because of that I learned that the incident actually caused a crackdown on large predator ownership in Ohio. It's now illegal for private citizens to own most big name exotic animals in the state.
As someone who works for a large predator preserve, I personally believe there there are places for sanctuaries and large scale zoo's to function side by side, at least in the USA, only zoo's are able to participate in breeding programs that hopefully aim to reintroduce the said species back into it's native habitat with the ability to thrive whilst sanctuaries offer more of a final resting place with less visitors to add unnecessary stressors to the animals as well. But with the new USDA guidelines we should be seeing less private zoo's stateside, but all of those animals will have to go somewhere else and there is no telling where they might send them if they send them anywhere and don't let PETA take care of them with their "obviously stellar conditions of their shelters"
I remember I saw a show called fatal attractions and one of the episodes was on the zanesville incident and ngl, it kinda made me feel bad for the guy, apparently, among other things, he was pretty depressed and his wife had left him and I guess it was just too much and pushed him over the edge
I feel pretty bad for the animals too, living in those conditions only to be shot, and I feel pretty bad for the neighbors too. living under threat like that, But well his wife left him so its an excuse for all he did, hurting others and putting others at risk, poor guy.
We had a mentally ill woman get into the lion enclosure one night at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington DC. The lions killed her and her remains were found by keepers in the morning. The lions were NOT shot, and there was no local outcry for them to be. Zoo officials and most city residents were angry that the woman had traumatized, endangered, and upset the lions. This lead to a project to tighten security and to audit the fences and enclosure walls for weak points where intruders could enter. The National Zoo is in Rock Creek Park, built around the Rock Creek valley. In addition to the animals in the enclosures, native deer, squirrels, chipmunks, pigeons, migratory birds, raccoons, skunks, opossums, and other rodents make their permanent or temporary home at the zoo. From time to time they manage to get in to enclosures and, well, nature takes its course. A juvenile deer leapt into the cheetah enclosure and the young cheetahs had the BEST DAY EVER!! chasing it down and catching it. Though live prey exhibitions are not encouraged because they upset the animals' careful dietary plans, they do happen occasionally.
To me, if a zoo purely exists for entertainment and profit, it should not exist. While that might have been the original reason for zoos, in the modern day, they should mainly be used to support the real reasons animals should be kept in captivity as a whole. Some of them just won't survive in the wild. Animals that are too sick or too injured to survive in the wild probably would have a better life in captivity if properly cared for, and for animals that were raised in captivity, for the most part they can't be release because they never learned how to animal. Then, there is the fact that some endangered species would be doomed without human intervention (especially if we're the reason they're endangered in the first place). Black footed ferrets and several turtle/tortoise species, for example, have had their population increased through breeding programs and aid from people. Some animals need to be in captivity for these reasons, and zoos are a good way to support these animals, from spreading awareness and educating to charging people to see them to help fund the upkeep and programs.
Me personally. Without the zoo I wouldn’t have learned to love animals the way I do. I now I have a passion and goal to own a wildlife rehabilitation program. One day when I’m older and have more passive income to find a lot of it. Zoos have their place but we can definitely do better enforcing standards. Unfortunately the workers get paid almost nothing and it’s really difficult to get more people invested in careers with wildlife.
You could make a whole video on good and bad animal stories that happened in ohio, also I'm pretty sure that in the USA ohio has the most amount of zoos and reserves in one state
On 2021, three leopards escaped a well funded public safari zoo in hangzhou which is a very populated city, two were caught but one was never found. There were a video online at the time of people poaching leopard with dogs and the rescue teams looking for her were carrying large hounds and fighting dogs with them so its not really sure if she was killed. Hangzhou have a ridiculously strict law on dogs as only dogs under 35cm in height are legal as pets so these people registered them as rescue dogs. Of course I am not saying people who keep large dogs are all bad, most are not. my dog is a small breed but still illegal in where I live (Beijing) and her friends are mostly medium and larger breed.
While zoos aren't the best option for wild animals, given the extinction crisis we're currently going through they're the best chance for survival many species has. There are a number of species that now only exist in zoos or only exist in the wild because captive-bred animals were released. It would be amazing if one day we didn't need real animals in zoos, but we're a long way from that point. So for right now, we should focus on conservation efforts and making sure zoos give their animals the best life possible.
some zoos are just crazy.. xcaret? in mexico is a death sentence i shit you not there was no fences just a plaque and a long drop. one was into a croc enclosure and the other i remember was a crude wooden bridge going over a shark "tank" looks like a small lake tbh.. but yea the bridge was near enough touching the water this was back in 2000 so who knows if its changed
An incident at a zoo in Europe that took the entire world by storm and outrage absolutely disgusted me. I forget which country it was, but the zoo didn’t have enough space to house one of their giraffes, a male named Marius. There were THOUSANDS of zoos and animal sanctuaries that were willing to take him, but instead, they killed him, dissected him in front of a crowd of kids, and fed his remains to the lions. Absolutely fucking disgusting and sick. This is why I’m proud to be a supporter of American zoos. They wouldn’t allow this sort of crap to happen.
in Brazil there are some crazy stories that happened in a zoo. one was the participation of macaco tião a chimp as a mayor candidate in Rio de janeiro city, he ended in the third place. the other was the tiger that ripped of an arm of a boy.
Yes zoos need to exist, most zoos are really one of our best conservation and education outlets we have. Animals turning on each other is unfortunate, but it is still natural as they are not domesticated despite living in zoos, you can not train them. The more famous and accredited the zoo the less often these things happen. Going back to conservation there is an unfortunate problem that we can not enforce endangered protection acts abroad, all we can do is encourage foreign governments to adopt them and hope for the best. In the meantime properly accredited zoos with their breeding program and lineage database going back generations is like a lifeboat on what would otherwise be doomed species especially those in third world countries. We can't overthrow governments just to protect rhinos so all we can do is have our zoos and hope for a more cooperative future.
Most zoos and rhino breeders now a days cut their horns or die them pink or red. Which putting dye on the horn of wild rhino will most certainly be a sentence. But darting and cutting horns has saved their life's. They will go as far to cut out a unborn rhino just for that tiny chunk of horn. Which is the same stuff your own nails are made of.
When i was 5 , i wanted to get a pet lion , please dont judge me i was 5 i was still learning,but now i am dedicating my career to zoology or paleontology and i want to help animals , i wont keep any as pets i know they should be free but i do want to study animals in the wild
I feel so bad for Harambe because he had to die because of the child he was protecting, and also the other gorillas, being scarred for life after witnessing the event
The zaneville massacre is one thing i wish i never learned about i really do and the wost part is that it was a few days before my birthday you see it happen on oct 18 and my birthday is on October 25.
Rhino horns are not medicinal they're made of the same thing as our hair and fingernails. But, sadly, the people who need to know this "believe" that the horns will make their pee-pees hard!
No more shooting the animals to "save" parents from their mistakes. Harambe was cranky (who wouldn't have been); but that goblin would have been fine, and any "expert" throwing him under the bus like that is full of crap.
Look at Chinese private parks/zoos. Incredibly sad because neglect and abuse are just an accepted thing that rarely goes punished, criticized, or noticed.
In a dutch zoo they kept bears and wolves in the same enclosure. One day the bears attacked and killed one of the wolves. There are videos of it on RUclips.
Wow, I can’t believe that the Rhino horn was only worth 40,000 Euro(s). That seems like a pitifully small amount considering the sacrifice involved to achieve it. I am starting to think that all animals should teach their young at a young age to kill all humans on sight, no questions asked.
I like how the columbus zoo and cincinnati zoo are mentioned, along side the zanesville massacre. Whack. I hate to confess that i'm from zanesville lmaoooo
Sure there's room for improvement... But some of the most modern zoos provide excellent environments for the animals...Life in the wild isn't easy... Many zoo animals live pampered lives by comparison... On average they live much longer as well... Many of their handlers take great pains to provide stimulating surprises & challenges for them... Without zoo captive breeding programs... which also affords opportunities to reintroduce creatures to the wild... many endangered species would be history... You're entitled to your opinion... But I don't think you've thought this thru...
Oh we have here in the Philippines I think it was last year an Ostrich escaped in a rich person's house luckily the two Ostrich returned but the thing is rich people can get away easily when they carelessly overlooked their supposed to be pets.
U must check surabaya zoo case a decade ago. Most of the indonesian zoo neglected their animals before jokowi presidential era. Malnutrion tigers, bears and mostly predators was happened. Due to corruption. Sad sad story
I’ve here in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States. Several years ago now, a VERY young child (forgive me if I am incorrect, but I believe he was maybe 18 months old?) fell down a 19 foot ravine into the enclosure of the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium’s African Wild Dogs. Now, if any of you are familiar with the feeding behavior of these wild dogs, you know that there are few enclosures that it would be worse to fall into. If you don’t know, African Wild Dogs tear their prey’s genitals off, and then I stuff the poor target like a stuffed animal. In short, your insides are yanked out of the gaping wound left by them biting off your genitals. Most prey are very much alive and kicking through a great deal of the process, as most things can live for quite a while with their lower entrails out in the open air, before succumbing to shock from the unimaginable pain. Speaking of unimaginable pain, I can’t even begin to comprehend how it would feel to watch your baby being killed this way a mere three of four yards from you, with you helpless to do anything but scream. Much like hyenas, the dogs also “tag team” the downed animal, pulling stuff out / off the body, then playing a grotesque game of “tug” with it, all the while yiping and wrastling about in great fun and joy. Interestingly, the pups are given first go at the prey after it has been downed by the adults- this is different from other hunters that eat in accordance to their particular HUD order in the pack / or hunting group. This event was absolutely appalling and nightmarish. It breaks my heart to know what that child had to endure. The blame falls squarely on the parents, who had hoisted the child up and over a wall and fence for a “better look”. He wanted a better look. I guess he got his chance. I know everyone says “no disrespect BUT” and other such chickenshit, but not me. Those people were idiots, and some people shouldn’t be allowed to have children, for multiple reasons. If you need a permit for a gun or a pet tiger, where’s the Human Breeding Permit? Let’s go, litigators…
I’ve always loved animals and personally Im neutral on zoos. I take the good with the bad with them and prefer the zoos that actually take good care of their animals and luckily there are a good chunk of them.
if you think about it, the lawsuit for having that child die to an animal is waaaaaaaay more than the cost of buying and shipping over 10 gorillas tbh. ive googled the cost they are 5000-15000 depending. the lawsuit is a couple million especially if the kid died. to me this was an easy choice, its silly to me that the enclosure wasnt built to keep things on their proper sides.
When all the rhinos are gone what are they going to use for their knife handles? Sad that it may come to that and I weep at the rhino enclosure at our zoo. I am on the fence with regards to zoo question. Maybe sanctuaries for these creature might be an option. No one should be able to keep up wild animals. Where were the adults watching the child? There was a point where the child's actions weren't cute anymore and was rapidly becoming unstable. If the child was a risk for elopement then they have had an adult supervision.
It is so depressing how these stories aren’t even the animals fault but instead the greed of humans. This is why I do research before going to a zoo to see if they take care of animals. Some examples of zoos you can support are the AZA accredited zoos and aquariums such as the San Diego Zoos.
The San Diego zoo is such a good zoo! There’s a lot there and they take care of their animals. Most of them if not all, are there because they can’t be released/survive in the wild
If you like the San Diego Zoo, you'll love the wild animal park. They have the last of the white Rhinos and there are a few species that are extinct in the wild but still live on there. They do so much to help with reintroducing animals back in their native range.
There are also two incidents that I know where a child has entered a zoo gorilla enclosure and been protected/cared for by a gorilla. In one incident, a female gorilla carried the boy over to a door that was used by zookeepers. It’s thought she did this to get the child help. In a different incident, the silverback in the enclosure, Jambo, is thought to have protected the child. He wouldn’t allow a any of the other gorillas near the child and, in fact, quickly moved them away, allowing humans to rescue the child. No gorillas were harmed in either incident.
Poor Vince…a zoo should be the one place safe from poachers but I guess not anymore….it’s so sad….
Well hopefully one day those poachers are found and hopefully they all get a bullet to the brain
that stupid industry of using animal parts for *medicine* is destroying ecosystems and endangered species, rhinos, Tigers, Sharks, you name it, there should be capital punishments all along the chain especially those who are at the end using the products, and selling them, life behind bars or the death penalty if their country has it. Also that sick thing they do to poor bears kept with holes in their stomachs to *harvest* bile.
There needs to be a bounty put on those men
A lot of zoos directly and indirectly supply the demand from poachers. That’s nothing new. Zoos have always been horrible.
@@Clippidyclappidy seriously?!
Here in Virginia we have a park called Maymont, it’s a large old estate that’s been turned into a tourist attractions w gardens, a nature center, and a handful of native animal exhibits. These animals include foxes, deer, birds of prey, and a couple of black bears. Sadly, almost 10 years ago, some dumb woman helped her son climb over the first security fence at the bear exhibit, getting him close enough to the main fence to stick his hand in and “pet the bears”. Yeah, old bear thought he was being fed and bit tf outta the kids hand. Due to a “potential for rabies” they put BOTH bears down cuz they couldn’t identify which one did it. Eventually new bears were adopted and I think they built a taller security fence, but it’s still a really sad story that could’ve been entirely avoided.
thats such a shame, i think they eventually beefed up the security around the gorilla enclosure at Cincinnati but it's all too little to late.
In South Africa we had Max the gorilla that stop some criminals in Johannesburg zoo
I live in the area and remember that case all too well
There is a much taller fence now, and there's a memorial statue built to the bears. I don't go very often anymore, but the memorial makes me sad everytime I see it
I've actually been to Maymont, I had no idea something like that happened there.
The issue isn’t private zoos so much as the ability of a government to police private zoos
Australia Zoo, Chester Zoo ect are both private zoos that are world renowned, the issue is when permits are handed out without inspections or in some places are not even required, ideally there is minimum standards that must be kept in order to keep those permits and inspections on an annual basis
Rest in peace Harambe. Never forget.
He should have listened to his handlers when they told him to return to his cell
@@glennbabic5954 And that woman should have paid attention and kept her kid from going over the barriers.
RIP my brother 😭
As someone in the zoo world, there's one exhibit designer/operations staff member I knew who basically said that with a few exceptions, barriers need to be designed to keep people out, not keep animals in. While there are a few notorious escape artists who need more advanced and secure designs (e.g. Octopus, Orangutans), more often than not its easier to keep an animal in than keep people out- especially with how stupid many people are.
You familiar with Ken Allen? He was kind of famous it seems. 🦧
@@dubuyajay9964 only very vaguely familiar with him. Orangutans overall, however, as a smart and agile species, are one of the most likely escape artists of the zoo world. Zoos designing Orangutan exhibits (and other great apes for that matter), need to be extremely cognizant of their intellect and agility when designing safe and secure enclosures.
@@neilchace1858 You should watch the Count Dankula vid on him.
I wouldn’t say many people are stupid there’s some but not many.
especially poachers.
Honestly Harambe could’ve hurt the kid and he didn’t. I think he was just trying to help the kid. Poor guy….
rip Harambe he was just seening what was happing and was trying to save the kid
Thanks for sharing this information. Had no idea about these stories before it’s shuch a shame that there are people like that In the world
I agree with you that there are some zoos which should be closed down immediately, and also that in any situation where animals are used for profit, there is always the risk of unscrupulous people exploiting them, to the detriment of the animals. I also agree with you wholeheartedly on the subject of private zoos - but the US is guilty of abuse of animals in this scenario more than anywhere else, due to the lax licensing involved. In addition, I believe it's wholly immoral to make a wild animal (as opposed to domestic ones) a pet.
However, I must disagree with some of your negative aspects of zoos. With regard to some animals travelling large distances as part of their natural behaviour, let's keep in mind that the only reason they travel is to obtain their basic needs. If these needs can be provided in a smaller area, they wouldn't travel. There is of course a need for stimulation when the struggle for survival is taken away, which is why good zoos go to a lot of effort to provide enrichment, and those animals are mentally and physically healthy.
Conscientious zoos are aware of the limitations imposed by captivity, and although I agree there are some species I never want to see in zoos, Cetaceans being a prime example (because I don't believe it's possible to provide them with quality of life) it's important to face the fact that some species wouldn't be with us any more if it weren't for carefully managed captive breeding programs. I've visited over 250 zoos in my life and will continue to do so, but always being observant as to whether the inhabitants are happy and healthy.
In summary, I have to say your examples are less about the negative aspects of keeping animals in captivity, than it is about the selfishness and stupidity of people - which is how it should have been framed.
I recently was introduced to the idea of wildlife parks (can't remember their exact term) replacing zoos, which comes with the addition of making it illegal/difficult to keep some of the larger/more intelligent species on display (except out of necessity).
I live very close to two zoos that have and still partake in the Species Survival Plan, successfully breeding and releasing Mexican Grey Wolves and Red Wolves (in addition to others, if I recall correctly).
Most issues aren't black or white, but that doesn't mean we can't try to do better.
Like what they have in Africa, which I think is where hunting is prohibited and they do escorted tours, but no fences, just a designated area?
The breeding program thing is good but the African sanctuary allowing hunting is just stupid I don't know why they allow this Africa is one of the most poached places on earth there's more rare and endangered species than anywhere else on the planet plus some hunters take advantage of the wilderness and lack of people to do illegal shit honestly there should just be a sign saying "HELLO POACHERS WELCOME "
Just to clarify No I'm not calling every hunter a poacher some people's intentions and motives are different from others and not always good so again one of those people do give me shit for it
It's very sad and terrible that these animal suffered. But luckily not all zoos are bad. There are a lot who deeply care for their animals and try everything in their power to offer them a good life
Exactly
There was recently a law passed in the states banning the private ownership of big cats.
unfortunately that doesn't stop the exotic pet trade from poaching wild animals
When and when does it go into effect? I think it's a much needed law. No one needs a big cat as a pet. I hope they go after wolves and wolf dog owners next.
Zoos also secure species for their reintroduction in the future. We wouldnt have f.e. Wisent if it wasnt for zoos.
And yes big animals need to roam in nature because they need to find food. This is not done out of pleasure but because of necessity.
Oh man, reopening up that harambe wound from 2016...... as much as the mother should have not allowed her child to climb into the gorilla enclosure the enclosure design should have made it impossible for any member of the public to enter an enclosure. Honestly how hard is it to incorporate glass barriers that can’t be climbed over? There’s enough recorded cases of it happening that it really should be a standard feature in enclosure designs moving forward. In the zoo in the city in which i live the enclosures for predatory megafauna can’t be accessed by visitors no matter what they try. But now that i think about it the crocodile and ungulate enclosure could easily be jumped into by somebody insane enough .... holy shit. I hope they’ve since amended that - last visited the zoo in 1999
Can you make a video about some of the coolest and most unique animals found in estuaries? I live by the Chesapeake Bay in the US state of Maryland, the largest estuary in North America and the 3rd largest in the world, so this would be super cool to see!
Sometime in 2008, I actually saw a cheetah in a field while I was on the train from Kent to Ashford. The funny thing is that I immediately recognised it as such rather than going the whole cryptozoology route and thinking it was some mystery big cat.
It's amazing how deep in denial the UK government is in that they got a big cat problem after so many reports of them running around loose.
this wasn't the first time boys fell in gorilla exhibits, the first one was in Jersey Zoo in the 1980s where a boy fell in the gorilla pit and was knocked out, a silverback named Jambo saw the boy and went to check on him while keeping him separate from the other gorillas, when the boy woke up he cried in pain from the fall and it scared Jambo and the other gorillas alway allowing people to come and bring the boy up, the second time was in Brookfield Zoo in the 1990s where again a boy fell in the gorilla exhibit and was knocked out, a female gorilla name Binti Jua saw the boy and came and pick him up and took him to a doorway where zookeepers go, they bring the boy and got him back
In 1996 a 3 year old boy fell into the Gorilla enclosure at the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago, Illinois USA. A female gorilla named Binti Jua came and cradled him and brought him to her enclosure door with her own child clinging onto her back. She put the boy down when she heard the door opening and no humans or animals were killed. It's one of the more wholesome zoo accidents and it's tragic how out of the norm it is because of that.
the story of the Gorilla Binti-jua of Chicago's Brookfield Zoo is also another fascinating story about a child who fell into the gorilla enclosure. But in this case, the opposite of Hirambe happened, and the gorilla actually saved the boy. That would be an interesting video if you decide to do more of these.
OH, I KNOW A CRAZY ZOO STORY! I heard that on august 16 1996 at the Brookfield zoo, a little boy fell into the indoor gorilla habitat in tropic world, and a female western lowland gorilla named Binti-Jua saved him, and binti is still alive and at the zoo.
Liquidating the whole concept of zoos solely on the base of space fails to adress the actual reasons animals in the wild roam in the first place - and no, it's not because they like to change scenery.
In the wild, the size of the territory or home range depends on the amount of resources (food, shelter, mates), and the more resources there are, the more circumscribed the area of movement is, which in turns allows a greater population density. That's, btw, is how conservationists determine what habitat has priority when a species needs protection. Now, animals in human care don't need territories nearly as large as they would in the wild, as resources are readily aviable in a comparatively small area. Still, zoo bodies have various regulations when it comes to how the exhibits should be constructed and maintained; these aim to ensure animals are given space to move around, the ability to keep for themselves if they so choose, and the ability to perform as much as their natural repertoire as possible. In other words, its quality over quantity, and to achieve a good quality is essential an holistic approach based on scientific evidences. This camp is constantly upgrading.
Got "Atlanta's Iconic Ape" for Christmas. Interesting read on how Zoo Atlanta went from bottom of the barrel to the industry standard States-side on gorilla husbandry (I also found out San Diego had two mountain gorillas at one point in time; most zoo gorillas are western lowland ones. Sadly "critically endangered" in the wild mostly due to the unsustainable bushmeat trade, but do animal right's activists even care?).
If you ever do a part 2, there's a wild Harambe-ish case that happened in the Brasilia Zoo in the 70s involving one of the coolest animals ever. This particular zoo is known in Brazil for having really large humane enclosures for the animals compared to most others. The giant-river-otters have so much room I've never even seen them. However, back in the day it was literally just a pool a couple meters below ground level with a waist high fence around it, it's one of the stupidest things I've seen in my life.
In 1977 the otters had apparently just given birth and were particularly agitated, even tho they were known for being quite docile, and a very stupid 13 yo with very neglectful parents managed to dive in the pool for whatever reason. As he screamed for help a 33 yo sergeant from the Brazilian army jumped in, managed to save the boy before the otters could get to him, but in the process was brutally mauled, sustaining over 100 bites before he was pulled out. The man died 3 days later from generalized infection, and the kid went on to live a long happy life until he was arrested for being a corrupted politician =). Interestingly enough no otters were killed in the process, the kid was widely blamed, whenever my parents took me to the zoo as a kid they always said things like "don't act like the stupid otter boy" lol. The man died a hero and the otters are still one of the zoo's main attractions to this day, with even a memorial to the sergeant alongside their enclosure
I believe it was the 1990's when some woman decided to say a close hello to Binky the polar bear. Famous picture of Binky with a tennis shoe in his mouth. It happened at our tiny little zoo in Anchorage Alaska.
We all know the classic story of Harambe.
He will be missed. RIP Harambe
1999 - 2016
Zanesville is fair that it's on this list and it was horrible but this video feels like a anti zoo hit piece, private zoos really shouldn't exist but come on public zoos aren't at fault for public stupidity that gorilla shouldn't have been shot for a mother not properly watching her kid. Love the channel but this stuff seems to get more and more depressing. Hope to see a video about good things zoos have done.
As I tell them: it's either zoos or trophy hunting.
9:36, Harambe did get agitated, But soon realised the boy was no harm, and began to do his best for protecting him.
yep but they couldn't take the risk at let it carry on unfortunately
@@TsukiCove Yes, They did what had to be done, But instead of murder, They could've tranquillised Harambe.
@@That1Eagle unfortunately that might had made the problem worse as it would have a take some time for it to kick in whilst Harambe might had become agitated from you know being shot and nade the situation even more dangerous and unpredictable in the time it would taken taken him to sleep
@@That1Eagle that actually going to make thing worse because the gorilla was already agitated putting a tranquilizer would only piss Harambe off even more
@@That1Eagle unfortunately, tranquilizing would've been illegal in this instance. Based on the laws related to dangerous animals, Cincinatti had no choice but to shoot to kill. Sad, but that's reality.
I live in Michigan, I remember an incident at the Detroit Zoo - where a guy jumped into the chimpanzee enclosure and saved one of the chimps from drowning in the moat. Awesome rescue, but it could've ended very badly.
You could talk about the giraffe that was euthanised in Copenhagen zoo. It was put on a surplus list for other zoos to take as it was genetically unsustainable for the zoo to keep. They then after a while of it being on the list euthanised it, and fed it to the lions at their zoo for people to watch. Crazy story.
You are definitely right about zoo animals killing other zoo animals. I’m an employee at a zoo and a couple months ago we got a new giraffe. He didn’t last a week before the other two decided to end him. It was horrible, very traumatic for everyone involved.
There’s one macaque was never accounted for in the Ohio incident. It was assumed soon after the animals were released it was eaten by one of the large predators. But who knows
Thank you for spreading awareness about poachers and private zoos.
Ironically I've seen more private zoos in the UK than anywhere else
But they banned ownership of exotic cats in 1976.
Posting From Pittsburgh, A couple ignored warning signs, and placed their child past the guard rails. The child ended up falling into the wild dog enclosure. Child died, and all the African wild dogs were put down.
That is so dumb. Why kill the wild dogs? If I had a zoo if make visitors sign a firm that if they let their kids get into animal enclosures then they were responsible NOT the animals.
@@jase123111 because some of the animals had killed a human.. they killed all of them, the sad thing is, there was even a saftey net, but the child was so light it bounced off the net.
I remember that incident well. It was so tragic.
There was a zoo in india which kept several former circus tigers. A depressed zookeeper freed these tigers into a national park next to the zoo before shooting himself dead. Although none of the tigers were ever found ( they were probably killed off by wild tigers or other animals in the park or died from lack of food), it seems that one of the tigers ( a siberian cross) mated with a wild bengal female tiger to produce hybird cubs which has led to genetic pollution of these tigers
I know this is gonna be a controversial comment but is it weird that I think Harambe’s life was more valuable then the child’s since there are nearly 9 billion humans and his species of Gorrila only has a few thousand and most and are endangered. I’m not saying I wanted either to die though!
Yooo whattt
I get what you are saying BUT the laws wouldn't allow your belief to prevail. I would have been willing to try more to peacefully get the kid away from Harambe. I would have liked to see both of them survive.
@@yzettasmith4194 same I didn’t want either to die. But I’m just saying harambe’s death hurt his species more then the kid’s would’ve if that made sense. I’m not talking about laws or anything.
I don't think it's fair to call the Zanesville Massacre a zoo event. It was a private collection held by a mentally ill man, who committed suicide by tigers. A sad, shocking incident for sure, but not at a zoo- instead a private pet collection, which is an entirely different problem completely distinct from the many zoos, good and bad, out there. There's a difference between private zoos and a private pet collection- the former is a zoo open to the public, but owned by an individual, some of which are horrible but others are very respectable institutions, but Zainesville was a private collection not open to the public- akin to someone keeping way too many (and way too dangerous) pets. Most of these private collections, especially when they include dangerous animals, are almost always problematic.
I knew of Harambe for awhile, but never knew what actually happened. Until now that is.
Great video, unfortunately I haven’t been watching as many of your videos but this one in particular will hopefully inform more people why when it comes to zoos the animals should be top priority. I also believe that your hard word is still under appreciated and I hope that some time in the future it will pay off.
Love all the work you do brother.
i recently found your channel, and i really enjoy the videos! but i have a question, is the doggo at the end you? you are so talented! :O
Yes i am the dog, I am the most intelligent dog in the world and one day I will take over the world
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@@TsukiCove i for one welcome our new OverDog :3
Jumbo the circus elephant and maybe one of the biggest of kind and couple other animals I want to say camels maybe lol I can't remember how bout a list of rare animals lost at sea or during transport train wreck or something like that or not I watch your great and informative videos all the time keep up the good content thanx
Animals killing other animals including heir own species happens way more in the wild than in captivity. While an animal may not be able to escape they are being monitored and immediately any conflict will be broken up and the animals will be put in separate enclosures with the injured one being treated. As with your statement about private collections, I agree people shouldn't be able to own big cats, bears, or chimpanzees but I believe we should be allowed to own less dangerous exotics. I myself have 2 snakes (Ball Python, Boa Constrictor) and 2 lizards (Leopard Geckos) that were all born and raised in captivity and have cared for without incident. You can't blanket all exotics into one category and say everything is dangerous and there are plenty of responsible pet owners who care for their animals properly have not let their animals escape or released them, it's just the bad ones that do are the only ones the media talks about. Additionally, while there needs to be proper barriers around animal exhibits, people should also be responsible for themselves and their children. I hear about plenty of stories about idiots who climb over a fence around a roller coaster and get hit and killed by it or climb up the railings of a cruise ship and fall overboard, or trespass or stop on railroad tracks and get hit by a train. And of course the media likes to paint the place like it's dangerous when it's really the dumbasses own fault. While facilities need to have safety requirements, people also need to be responsible for their own safety too and make smart choices.
My dad works in Dublin just away from Zanesville the call to the FD in Zanesville of the woman who had a lion walk in front of her car it was insane for awhile in central Ohio
Harambe was trying to help the boy, so he had to die?
Here in Wisconsin I’ve herd a story about how a snake escaped his encloser in a local zoo and they found him in a vending machine
Wow that's so sad. You are at right. private zoos are very dangerous
The only way I could possibly condone a private zoo is if it wasn't just some weird vanity thing and the owner/owners just truly loved those animals, are trained professionals, and actually cared about and took care of their animals properly and did conservation efforts. Wait I think that's just an animal sanctuary.
And even then, a sanctuary can still be accredited by the AZA in order to be able to receive retiring animals so that they can still live out the rest of their days in comfort while the bigger zoos cycle in their younger and new animals
I heard there was an incident at the Pittsburgh zoo where a 2 year old fell into the painted dog enclosure and was mauled to death.
I'm from Ohio and remember the Zanesville incident. I live not that far from it and one of my classmates' dad had purchased two tiger cubs when in Vegas just before the incident. Because of that I learned that the incident actually caused a crackdown on large predator ownership in Ohio. It's now illegal for private citizens to own most big name exotic animals in the state.
5:23 you can clearly see that this is big cat hybrid. I would say leopard x lion.. sad creature
Yeah i think you're right
As someone who works for a large predator preserve, I personally believe there there are places for sanctuaries and large scale zoo's to function side by side, at least in the USA, only zoo's are able to participate in breeding programs that hopefully aim to reintroduce the said species back into it's native habitat with the ability to thrive whilst sanctuaries offer more of a final resting place with less visitors to add unnecessary stressors to the animals as well. But with the new USDA guidelines we should be seeing less private zoo's stateside, but all of those animals will have to go somewhere else and there is no telling where they might send them if they send them anywhere and don't let PETA take care of them with their "obviously stellar conditions of their shelters"
I remember I saw a show called fatal attractions and one of the episodes was on the zanesville incident and ngl, it kinda made me feel bad for the guy, apparently, among other things, he was pretty depressed and his wife had left him and I guess it was just too much and pushed him over the edge
I feel pretty bad for the animals too, living in those conditions only to be shot, and I feel pretty bad for the neighbors too. living under threat like that, But well his wife left him so its an excuse for all he did, hurting others and putting others at risk, poor guy.
We had a mentally ill woman get into the lion enclosure one night at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington DC. The lions killed her and her remains were found by keepers in the morning. The lions were NOT shot, and there was no local outcry for them to be. Zoo officials and most city residents were angry that the woman had traumatized, endangered, and upset the lions. This lead to a project to tighten security and to audit the fences and enclosure walls for weak points where intruders could enter. The National Zoo is in Rock Creek Park, built around the Rock Creek valley. In addition to the animals in the enclosures, native deer, squirrels, chipmunks, pigeons, migratory birds, raccoons, skunks, opossums, and other rodents make their permanent or temporary home at the zoo. From time to time they manage to get in to enclosures and, well, nature takes its course. A juvenile deer leapt into the cheetah enclosure and the young cheetahs had the BEST DAY EVER!! chasing it down and catching it. Though live prey exhibitions are not encouraged because they upset the animals' careful dietary plans, they do happen occasionally.
4:49! The view, just beautiful! 😍😍☺
To me, if a zoo purely exists for entertainment and profit, it should not exist. While that might have been the original reason for zoos, in the modern day, they should mainly be used to support the real reasons animals should be kept in captivity as a whole. Some of them just won't survive in the wild.
Animals that are too sick or too injured to survive in the wild probably would have a better life in captivity if properly cared for, and for animals that were raised in captivity, for the most part they can't be release because they never learned how to animal.
Then, there is the fact that some endangered species would be doomed without human intervention (especially if we're the reason they're endangered in the first place). Black footed ferrets and several turtle/tortoise species, for example, have had their population increased through breeding programs and aid from people.
Some animals need to be in captivity for these reasons, and zoos are a good way to support these animals, from spreading awareness and educating to charging people to see them to help fund the upkeep and programs.
Me personally. Without the zoo I wouldn’t have learned to love animals the way I do. I now I have a passion and goal to own a wildlife rehabilitation program. One day when I’m older and have more passive income to find a lot of it. Zoos have their place but we can definitely do better enforcing standards. Unfortunately the workers get paid almost nothing and it’s really difficult to get more people invested in careers with wildlife.
Ay Tsuki. Que lindo es que cuidas el mundo asi
You could make a whole video on good and bad animal stories that happened in ohio, also I'm pretty sure that in the USA ohio has the most amount of zoos and reserves in one state
On 2021, three leopards escaped a well funded public safari zoo in hangzhou which is a very populated city, two were caught but one was never found. There were a video online at the time of people poaching leopard with dogs and the rescue teams looking for her were carrying large hounds and fighting dogs with them so its not really sure if she was killed. Hangzhou have a ridiculously strict law on dogs as only dogs under 35cm in height are legal as pets so these people registered them as rescue dogs. Of course I am not saying people who keep large dogs are all bad, most are not. my dog is a small breed but still illegal in where I live (Beijing) and her friends are mostly medium and larger breed.
While zoos aren't the best option for wild animals, given the extinction crisis we're currently going through they're the best chance for survival many species has. There are a number of species that now only exist in zoos or only exist in the wild because captive-bred animals were released. It would be amazing if one day we didn't need real animals in zoos, but we're a long way from that point. So for right now, we should focus on conservation efforts and making sure zoos give their animals the best life possible.
Sometimes animals are more valuable the humans…
some zoos are just crazy.. xcaret? in mexico is a death sentence i shit you not there was no fences just a plaque and a long drop. one was into a croc enclosure and the other i remember was a crude wooden bridge going over a shark "tank" looks like a small lake tbh.. but yea the bridge was near enough touching the water
this was back in 2000 so who knows if its changed
Can you do a video on laohu valley reserve
I did not know about that second entry. Dang.
An incident at a zoo in Europe that took the entire world by storm and outrage absolutely disgusted me. I forget which country it was, but the zoo didn’t have enough space to house one of their giraffes, a male named Marius. There were THOUSANDS of zoos and animal sanctuaries that were willing to take him, but instead, they killed him, dissected him in front of a crowd of kids, and fed his remains to the lions. Absolutely fucking disgusting and sick. This is why I’m proud to be a supporter of American zoos. They wouldn’t allow this sort of crap to happen.
What about Seigfield and Roy?
It’s sad that not even a week after this came out did Dallas zoo have multiple animals stolen killed or tampered with
in Brazil there are some crazy stories that happened in a zoo. one was the participation of macaco tião a chimp as a mayor candidate in Rio de janeiro city, he ended in the third place. the other was the tiger that ripped of an arm of a boy.
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Can you make a video about vietnam's invasive animal?
Yes zoos need to exist, most zoos are really one of our best conservation and education outlets we have. Animals turning on each other is unfortunate, but it is still natural as they are not domesticated despite living in zoos, you can not train them. The more famous and accredited the zoo the less often these things happen. Going back to conservation there is an unfortunate problem that we can not enforce endangered protection acts abroad, all we can do is encourage foreign governments to adopt them and hope for the best. In the meantime properly accredited zoos with their breeding program and lineage database going back generations is like a lifeboat on what would otherwise be doomed species especially those in third world countries. We can't overthrow governments just to protect rhinos so all we can do is have our zoos and hope for a more cooperative future.
Most zoos and rhino breeders now a days cut their horns or die them pink or red. Which putting dye on the horn of wild rhino will most certainly be a sentence. But darting and cutting horns has saved their life's. They will go as far to cut out a unborn rhino just for that tiny chunk of horn. Which is the same stuff your own nails are made of.
When i was 5 , i wanted to get a pet lion , please dont judge me i was 5 i was still learning,but now i am dedicating my career to zoology or paleontology and i want to help animals , i wont keep any as pets i know they should be free but i do want to study animals in the wild
I feel so bad for Harambe because he had to die because of the child he was protecting, and also the other gorillas, being scarred for life after witnessing the event
The zaneville massacre is one thing i wish i never learned about i really do and the wost part is that it was a few days before my birthday you see it happen on oct 18 and my birthday is on October 25.
Why are people so quickly to just kill an animal when anything happens?! Surely we have better and non-lethal ways at stopping wild animals…..
Is this TheGamingBeaver?
Rhino horns are not medicinal they're made of the same thing as our hair and fingernails.
But, sadly, the people who need to know this "believe" that the horns will make their pee-pees hard!
No more shooting the animals to "save" parents from their mistakes. Harambe was cranky (who wouldn't have been); but that goblin would have been fine, and any "expert" throwing him under the bus like that is full of crap.
Look at Chinese private parks/zoos. Incredibly sad because neglect and abuse are just an accepted thing that rarely goes punished, criticized, or noticed.
We all return to earth, fool. Humans and animals included.
Unfortunately on Manitoulin Island on Georgian Bay Ontario Canada someone shot a Whooping Crane from the breeding facility .
Certain zoos, are good. But many, are not ethically ok.
Never forget Harambe, never forgive the family who got him killed and didn't pay the price.
In a dutch zoo they kept bears and wolves in the same enclosure. One day the bears attacked and killed one of the wolves. There are videos of it on RUclips.
Ofc the animal massacre was in ohio
Wow, I can’t believe that the Rhino horn was only worth 40,000 Euro(s). That seems like a pitifully small amount considering the sacrifice involved to achieve it. I am starting to think that all animals should teach their young at a young age to kill all humans on sight, no questions asked.
o man thats a lot of dead animals😔😔😔
I like how the columbus zoo and cincinnati zoo are mentioned, along side the zanesville massacre. Whack. I hate to confess that i'm from zanesville lmaoooo
Sure there's room for improvement... But some of the most modern zoos provide excellent environments for the animals...Life in the wild isn't easy... Many zoo animals live pampered lives by comparison... On average they live much longer as well... Many of their handlers take great pains to provide stimulating surprises & challenges for them... Without zoo captive breeding programs... which also affords opportunities to reintroduce creatures to the wild... many endangered species would be history...
You're entitled to your opinion... But I don't think you've thought this thru...
Do SF Zoo tiger attack !!!
A few years ago a black leopard killed the zookeeper in the Bloemfontein zoo. That place went downwards fast after that and closed a few years later.
Oh we have here in the Philippines I think it was last year an Ostrich escaped in a rich person's house luckily the two Ostrich returned but the thing is rich people can get away easily when they carelessly overlooked their supposed to be pets.
U must check surabaya zoo case a decade ago. Most of the indonesian zoo neglected their animals before jokowi presidential era. Malnutrion tigers, bears and mostly predators was happened. Due to corruption. Sad sad story
I’ve here in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States. Several years ago now, a VERY young child (forgive me if I am incorrect, but I believe he was maybe 18 months old?) fell down a 19 foot ravine into the enclosure of the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium’s African Wild Dogs.
Now, if any of you are familiar with the feeding behavior of these wild dogs, you know that there are few enclosures that it would be worse to fall into. If you don’t know, African Wild Dogs tear their prey’s genitals off, and then I stuff the poor target like a stuffed animal. In short, your insides are yanked out of the gaping wound left by them biting off your genitals. Most prey are very much alive and kicking through a great deal of the process, as most things can live for quite a while with their lower entrails out in the open air, before succumbing to shock from the unimaginable pain.
Speaking of unimaginable pain, I can’t even begin to comprehend how it would feel to watch your baby being killed this way a mere three of four yards from you, with you helpless to do anything but scream. Much like hyenas, the dogs also “tag team” the downed animal, pulling stuff out / off the body, then playing a grotesque game of “tug” with it, all the while yiping and wrastling about in great fun and joy. Interestingly, the pups are given first go at the prey after it has been downed by the adults- this is different from other hunters that eat in accordance to their particular HUD order in the pack / or hunting group.
This event was absolutely appalling and nightmarish. It breaks my heart to know what that child had to endure. The blame falls squarely on the parents, who had hoisted the child up and over a wall and fence for a “better look”. He wanted a better look. I guess he got his chance. I know everyone says “no disrespect BUT” and other such chickenshit, but not me. Those people were idiots, and some people shouldn’t be allowed to have children, for multiple reasons. If you need a permit for a gun or a pet tiger, where’s the Human Breeding Permit? Let’s go, litigators…
I’ve always loved animals and personally Im neutral on zoos. I take the good with the bad with them and prefer the zoos that actually take good care of their animals and luckily there are a good chunk of them.
Yo Harambe didn't need to die check out the story of the boy who fell into the gorilla enclosure in Chicago's Brookfield Zoo
if you think about it, the lawsuit for having that child die to an animal is waaaaaaaay more than the cost of buying and shipping over 10 gorillas tbh. ive googled the cost they are 5000-15000 depending. the lawsuit is a couple million especially if the kid died. to me this was an easy choice, its silly to me that the enclosure wasnt built to keep things on their proper sides.
When all the rhinos are gone what are they going to use for their knife handles? Sad that it may come to that and I weep at the rhino enclosure at our zoo. I am on the fence with regards to zoo question. Maybe sanctuaries for these creature might be an option.
No one should be able to keep up wild animals.
Where were the adults watching the child? There was a point where the child's actions weren't cute anymore and was rapidly becoming unstable. If the child was a risk for elopement then they have had an adult supervision.
Damn, never knew about the Ohio animal massacre. Truly shocking.
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