What the hell???
Mar. 20th, 2007 09:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
scottishlassRemember my picspam about little icebear Knut from the zoo in Berlin? Well, so-called animal activists now demand that the bear is put down. Yep, you read right, they want him killed as he is not raised species' appropriate. The way he is right now - seeing humans as his family - he will not survive in the wilderness. Well considering that the Zoo Berlin wanted to keep Knut I think the point is moot.
The Zoo in Leipzig already killed a young bear pup earlier this year because he was not raised species' appropriate as the activists put pressure on them. If these activists go to court because of Knut I will hand in a court order sueing them for murdering endangered species.
Jeesh, I think that is animal rights going to far. What about Knut's right to live? He is having fun, he learns, he is in safety. His real icebear mom didn't want him and almost killed him after birth. Biologists think he will forget his human foster daddy as he grows older and he is transferred into a normal enclosure. Besides, in Norway/Finland? there are also bottle raised icebears about the same age as Knut and the zoo officials in Berlin want him transferred there, so that these icebears, who were fostered by humans, can learn together what it means to be icebears.
Oh and the animal activists in Finland think it is a good idea to raise animals whose animal parents repudiated their offspring, as most species are endangered anyway and the zoos have the obligation to retain the species, even if they do not exist in the wilderness anymore. So there, stupid German animal activists!
How can anyone suggest to kill him???
This reminds me of all those so-called animal lovers who berated us for getting Chica and Cenour out of Spanish animal asylums. They said it wasn't very pro-animal to get dogs from Spain when there are so many here in animal shelters that wait for new homes. Well, there is a big difference between animal shelters here in Germany and in Spain.
In Germany, the animals are safe, warm, well fed and they find a home eventually, no matter how long they have to wait.
In Spain, the animals are killed (either gassed or starved) after 8 to 21 days in these perreras. Once an animal ends up in an animal shelter in Spain that means a death sentence for said animal.
I guess there are animal activists and animal activists. And those who think it is more species appropriate to kill an animal rather than letting it live and learn on its own can go to hell.
The Zoo in Leipzig already killed a young bear pup earlier this year because he was not raised species' appropriate as the activists put pressure on them. If these activists go to court because of Knut I will hand in a court order sueing them for murdering endangered species.
Jeesh, I think that is animal rights going to far. What about Knut's right to live? He is having fun, he learns, he is in safety. His real icebear mom didn't want him and almost killed him after birth. Biologists think he will forget his human foster daddy as he grows older and he is transferred into a normal enclosure. Besides, in Norway/Finland? there are also bottle raised icebears about the same age as Knut and the zoo officials in Berlin want him transferred there, so that these icebears, who were fostered by humans, can learn together what it means to be icebears.
Oh and the animal activists in Finland think it is a good idea to raise animals whose animal parents repudiated their offspring, as most species are endangered anyway and the zoos have the obligation to retain the species, even if they do not exist in the wilderness anymore. So there, stupid German animal activists!
How can anyone suggest to kill him???
This reminds me of all those so-called animal lovers who berated us for getting Chica and Cenour out of Spanish animal asylums. They said it wasn't very pro-animal to get dogs from Spain when there are so many here in animal shelters that wait for new homes. Well, there is a big difference between animal shelters here in Germany and in Spain.
In Germany, the animals are safe, warm, well fed and they find a home eventually, no matter how long they have to wait.
In Spain, the animals are killed (either gassed or starved) after 8 to 21 days in these perreras. Once an animal ends up in an animal shelter in Spain that means a death sentence for said animal.
I guess there are animal activists and animal activists. And those who think it is more species appropriate to kill an animal rather than letting it live and learn on its own can go to hell.
