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One thing i see similarity in most of our research, is how captivity has animals. Between Zoo's, homes or shelters, how would the animal feel locked inside.

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One thing i see similarity in most of our research, is how captivity has animals. Between Zoo's, homes or shelters, how would the animal feel locked inside.

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Animal Abuse: YouTube Sued Over Animal Abuse Videos, Accused Of Not Enforcing Ban

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Animal Abuse: YouTube Sued Over Animal Abuse Videos, Accused Of Not Enforcing Ban

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Daisuke Wakabayashi a business reporter based in San Francisco believes that the video that was posted on the social media platform (YouTube) was very disturbing. According to the article (The New York Times) it states, " A giant python wraps its thick body around the neck of a puppy, which thrashes and squeals in panic. A baby monkey, trembling and screeching in horror, is poked, prodded and pinched inside a basket." In a way this shows that whomever was the one who recorded this video was willing to witness an innocent animal be strangled and killed. This had came surprising to me because even after a law was passed on animal abuse being illegal there are people out here that are willing to see an innocent animal suffer let alone upload it to a social media platform. What came as interesting to me was the amount of videos that can be found based on this topic. For example in the text it states, "all of those videos of animal abuse — and dozens more — were available on YouTube. Some of the videos have been on the site for years, viewed hundreds of thousands of times." This came as an interest to me because I genuinely wondered why/how people can find satisfaction on seeing an animal suffer. Reading the article something that had become troubling to me was the fact that in the article it mentions dog fighting and it states, "Lady Freethinker, which has exposed dog fighting rings in Chile and dog meat auctions in South Korea, said YouTube had ignored the group’s repeated flagging of animal abuse videos."

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This article is talking about there was a investigation team has carried out a nine-month undercover investigation into the most important zoos in Spain. Several activists have documented the life of enslaved animals in the zoos. Animals suffer in zoos. They get depressed, psychologically disturbed, frustrated, they harm each other, become ill, go hungry, and are forced to endure extreme and unnatural temperatures.

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September 7, 2011- Animal Equality carried out a nine-month undercover investigation into the most iconic zoos in Spain, uncovering physical and psychological abuse on a massive scale.

Photos, videos, and expert reports revealed an industry that is anything but "educational."

Investigators observed animals living among their own feces in a state of constant anxiety. Many were taken from their families and transported to other zoos, while others were killed when their group size exceeded the space allotted to them. The survivors were often hit and abused by zoo employees.

Social animals were forced into solitary confinement, while animals who usually live alone were forced into close contact with others. Some animals were even confined next to their predators, and constant conflict among confined animals was common.

In their unnatural environments, animals often resorted to self-mutilation and other bizarre behaviors.

One Animal Equality investigator even documented the last days of "Chata," a baby lioness who fell ill at Seville Zoo and died without receiving any veterinary care. Disturbing footage shows Chata chained around the neck and struggling to free herself, with one vet attributing her ongoing illness to simply not wanting to live.

To make matters worse, many animals became ill and hungry or endured extreme temperatures. Dolphins and sea lions performed demeaning and embarrassing performances, becoming distressed by screaming visitors. Hordes of people peered into animals' cages, their camera flashes worsening the unrest.

The questionable 'educational' message of zoos presents a moral dilemma for parents and children. They teach the most impressionable humans that animals exist only for our pleasure. To instill values in our children - such as respect for others - we can begin by refusing to support industries that cage animals for life.

How You Can Help Confined Animals:

But animals in zoos are not the only ones subjected to extreme confinement, abuse, and psychological anguish. In our own backyards, billions are suffering behind closed doors.

Around the world, cows, pigs, and chickens are held in unsanitary factory farms and slaughterhouses, where they suffer from diseases, physical abuse, and shockingly legal methods of slaughter.

From the mother pig - who is held in a cage too small for her to turn around in - to the baby cow separated from his mother and left to starve, animals suffer for food every day. The bond between mothers and babies is destroyed by companies who market their products as "humane."

The good news is that organizations like Animal Equality are sharing the truth about factory farming with animal lovers around the globe. We've even launched a petition to end factory farming in the U.S. for good:

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Whether in zoos or factory farms, caged and abused animals need our help today. Will you lend them your voice as we fight for a kinder world together?

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Zoos: Life of Animals in Captivity | Animal Equality

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Animal Equality's investigation team has carried out a nine-month undercover investigation into the most important zoos in Spain.

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For much of the past year and a half, many of us felt like captives. Confined mostly within monotonous walls, unable to act out our full range of natural behavior, we suffered from stress and anxiety on a massive scale. In other words, says Bob Jacobs, a neuroscientist at Colorado College, the pandemic gave us a brief taste of life as lived by many animals.

Though anthropomorphism is always suspect, Jacobs observes that "some humans were quite frustrated by all that." This is no surprise - we understand the strain of captivity as we experience it. But how do animals fare under the same circumstances? Putting aside the billions of domesticated livestock around the world, some 800,000 wild or captive-born animals reside in accredited American zoos and aquariums alone . Many people cherish these institutions, many abhor them. All want to know: Are the creatures inside happy?

Signs of Stress

That said, it's difficult to say what a normal level of stress is for any given animal. An obvious baseline is the captive's wild counterpart (which surely has its own troubles, from predation to starvation). But the problem, says Michael Romero, a biologist at Tufts University, "is that there's just not enough data." Given the challenge of measuring a wild animal's stress - the requisite capture isn't exactly calming - few such studies have been undertaken, especially on large animals.

Besides, hormones may be an imperfect gauge of how agitated an animal really feels. "Stress is so complicated," Romero says. "It's not as well characterized as people think." So researchers can also look for its more visible side effects. Chronic stress weakens the immune system, for example, leading to higher disease rates in many animals. Opportunistic fungal infections are the leading cause of death in captive Humboldt penguins , and perhaps 40 percent of captive African elephants suffer from obesity, which in turn increases their risk of heart disease and arthritis.

Another sign of stress is decline in reproduction, which explains why it's often difficult to get animals to breed in captivity. Libido and fertility plummet in cheetahs and white rhinos, to name two. (A related phenomenon may exist in humans, Romero notes: Some research suggests that stress, anxiety and depression can reduce fertility. )

Big Brains, Big Needs

Abnormal Behavior

Not all forms of captivity are equally impoverished, of course. Zookeepers often talk about "enrichment." Besides meeting an animal's basic material needs, they strive to make its enclosure engaging, to give it the space it needs to carry out its natural routines. Today's American zoos generally represent a vast improvement over those of yesteryear. But animal advocates contend they will always fall short of at least the large animals' needs. "No matter what zoos do," Jacobs says, "they can't provide them with an adequate, stimulating natural environment."

Proponents are quick to point out that zoos convert people into conservationists, and occasionally reintroduce endangered species to the wild (though critics question how effective they truly are on these fronts). Considering their potential to bolster the broader conservation movement, Romero suggests an ethical calculation might be in order. "Maybe sacrificing a few animals' health is worth it," he says.

Wherever these moral arguments lead, Jacobs argues that "the evidence is becoming overwhelming" - large mammals, or at least many of them, cannot prosper in confinement. The environmental writer Emma Marris concludes the same in Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World . "In many modern zoos, animals are well cared for, healthy and probably, for many species, content," she writes, adding that zookeepers are not "mustache-twirling villains." Nevertheless, by endlessly rocking and bobbing, by gnawing on bars and pulling their hair, "many animals clearly show us that they do not enjoy captivity."

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Most experts agree it depends on the species, but much evidence shows large mammals suffer under even the best human care.

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surprising: the zoos are mainly showing exotic animals is showing exotic

interesting : was that zoos know they are doing something bad but they dont wanna admit it
troubling  :  the animals are being held captive

Zoe Rosenberger has B.A. in Philosophy and Legal Theory from Hampshire College. And is also a M.A. student in philosophy at Columbia University , is saying how

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Zoos Cause Animals Far More Harm Than Good

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Zoos are considered a top family destination, but they promote animal suffering and speciesism while showing kids it’s okay to treat animals like property.

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Phil Arkow: Recognizing and responding to cases of suspected animal cruelty, abuse, and neglect: what the veterinarian needs to know

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Phil Arkow: Recognizing and responding to cases of suspected animal cruelty, abuse, and neglect: what the veterinarian needs to know

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Phil Arkow is a Prolific author, inspiring educator, and violence prevention expert. AS well as a coordinator of the National Link Coalition (the National Resource Center) on The Link between Animal Abuse and Human Violence.research describes animal abuse as potentially indicative and predictive of interpersonal violence and as adverse experiences impacting human health as well as animal welfare. Abuse of companion and farm animals is often a component of intimidating behaviors utilized by perpetrators of intimate partner violence and child sexual abuse.Emotional abuse involving animals is one of the first indications of escalated and broadened physical violence toward family members. In all, 32.7% of survey participants with children reported that one or more of their children had witnessed threats to injure or kill an animal. An additional 24.5% had witnessed actual killing or injury.In one survey of New Zealand practitioners, a majority of respondents reported having seen cases of animal abuse within the previous 5 years and felt a strong ethical duty to deal with cases of animal abuse.the role of the veterinary professional in the prevention of abuse,the veterinarian's role as an advocate for animals' welfare has emerged in recent years moving beyond the treatment of injury and disease to include the recognition of, response to, and prevention of animal abuse.

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Animal Abuse: YouTube Sued Over Animal Abuse Videos, Accused Of Not Enforcing Ban

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Animal Abuse: YouTube Sued Over Animal Abuse Videos, Accused Of Not Enforcing Ban

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Daisuke Wakabayashi a business reporter based in San Francisco believes that the video that was posted on the social media platform (YouTube) was very disturbing. According to the article (The New York Times) it states, " A giant python wraps its thick body around the neck of a puppy, which thrashes and squeals in panic. A baby monkey, trembling and screeching in horror, is poked, prodded and pinched inside a basket." In a way this shows that whomever was the one who recorded this video was willing to witness an innocent animal be strangled and killed. This had came surprising to me because even after a law was passed on animal abuse being illegal there are people out here that are willing to see an innocent animal suffer let alone upload it to a social media platform. What came as interesting to me was the amount of videos that can be found based on this topic. For example in the text it states, "all of those videos of animal abuse — and dozens more — were available on YouTube. Some of the videos have been on the site for years, viewed hundreds of thousands of times." This came as an interest to me because I genuinely wondered why/how people can find satisfaction on seeing an animal suffer. Reading the article something that had become troubling to me was the fact that in the article it mentions dog fighting and it states, "Lady Freethinker, which has exposed dog fighting rings in Chile and dog meat auctions in South Korea, said YouTube had ignored the group’s repeated flagging of animal abuse videos."