Have You Met People Who Disliked or Opposed Zoos?

Wupperwolf said:

. I do think that zoos need to address some of the criticism. Which many (German) zoos already do.

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I feel there is a generally a significantly higher proportion of pro-zoo Germans over anti due to most zoos in that country following strict welfare guidelines and stuff. I've talked to a lot of my German friends about zoos and their benefits on my long trip there this summer and pretty much all of them are unified in a positive standpoint re. accredited conservation and welfare focused facilities and knowing most of their pluses such their enrichment programs and the fact they no longer routinely partake in wild captures.

Wupperwolf said:

Personally, I believe that criticism of zoos on the internet is simply the loudest and that most "Online-Rambos" are not so vocal in real life. If confronted in real life most people do not know what to say on this topic or their arguments are quite easily disproved.

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One of the most nettlesome things about the places like social media pics vids comments, blog websites etc., is that a lot of people tend to be much more vocal about their extremist radical views on it than they would during real life face-to-face conversations, because of things like anonymity, distance, gaining viral traction by spreading propoganda and all that jazz. And the anti zoo debate and other types of animal rights mindsets are such examples to me with all my casual browsing with zoo stuff. I feel i have stumbled into more bountiful opinions and comments like that animal welfare themed blogging sites YouTube vids and Facebook and Instagram posts than real life, and I've automatically trained myself not to take them heart with all my insight on the good of contemporary zoos and judge much them as simply publicity stunts (esp. if they're about accredited zoos).