tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1826080771236620079.post1831537749021121772..comments2024-02-26T10:17:30.143-08:00Comments on Critter News: Seattle Zoo's Elephant Breeding Under Firemrbarkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11790509969524237811noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1826080771236620079.post-88769674591792091922007-12-13T02:42:00.000-08:002007-12-13T02:42:00.000-08:00I agree with you - I have the same conflicting fee...I agree with you - I have the same conflicting feelings about zoos; don't go often and when I do I arrive hopeful and often leave depressed. What you haven't really touched on here is the point of breeding endangered species in zoos in the first place: If it is to promote education and conservation of their wild relatives, then is breeding really essential? The CEO of conservation organisation World Land Trust, John Burton, recently wrote an interesting piece about zoos breeding programmes, pointing out that there are rescue centres all over the world full of wild caught animals that for some reason or other can't be re-released. Would it not make sense for zoos to help out by taking on a few of these, instead of having breeding programmes? I agree with most of what he said, albeit for slightly different reasons, and would be interested to hear what others think: <A HREF="http://www.worldlandtrust.org/news/2007/11/too-many-orang-utans.htm" REL="nofollow">Too Many Orang-utans</A>Helena Akerlundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05749803698478075213noreply@blogger.com