Are zoos cruel to animals?

Since the eye-opening documentary 'Blackfish' hit screens, the world has woken up to the cruelty of keeping marine animals, like Tilikum, confined to tanks. But what about other animals ... It's only when things go wrong that we're reminded that a city zoo is no place for an animal. read more

These included Buddy Jordan, a notorious animal dealer who is known to have sold animals to hunting ranches, exotic-animal breeders, dealers, and unaccredited zoos. 9. Because New Jersey’s Cape May County Zoo sold two giraffes to an animal broker who then sold them to a traveling circus. read more

These surplus animals are either killed - and sometimes fed to their fellow zoo habitants - or sold to other zoos or dealers. Selling animals is a profitable way for zoos to dispose of them. Dealers will sell them to hunting ranches, pet shops, circuses, the exotic meat industry, and research facilities. read more

We all know that zoos are a shelter and kind of museum for wild animals. The zoo authority is supposed to import rare wild animals from different places and keep them in the zoo with care and safety. read more

In the United Kingdom, The RSPCA, guardian of Britain’s conscience in these matters, is ambivalent in its attitude towards zoos. Officially it is neither pro-zoo, nor anti-zoo. read more