I want to have my own theme park with animals (zoo or something like that)

@greensnacks Not always animals have to be taken away from family. And also, what's bad about petting animals, esp. those who weren't taken away and were raised in a full family? As I said, I want a private zoo or theme park. Not a circus.
Besides, how is it possible we still allow slaughterhouses? It's peak hypocrisy. I'm sure pigs and cows prefer these conditions than slaughterhouses.

@rush2112 I like that you're curious.


You pay for a ticket. They now have to constantly supply new animals, new babies to be a new attraction, encouraging either breeding, and sending the "old" animals to slaughterhouses, or sell them and never know how they end up.

They stress them out. Animals are being stressed, held captive in a space and lots of people touching them all the time. They have no place to excape. No proper handling - diseases can spread easily and lots of them can die.

Most owners of these pet zoos aim is money. So they'd rather replace an animal(and it's cheaper) than curing an old one.
Zoochosis exists. They develop mental disorders and diseases as a result of the captivity and daily stress etc etc.

Here are some articles to see different point of views and concerns about this issue -

https://www.al.org.au/petting-zoos

https://thendbcatalyst.com/12321/opinion/petting-zoos-are-not-as-cute-as-they-seem-to-be/

You modified your answer and added the line about slaughterhouses, and I will address that as well.
Humans allow It under the excuse of food. If you ask me, that and farming is horrible. Why I am vegetarian.
Lastly, the entertainment zoo feeds the slaughterhouse, it's not the other way around.

@greensnacks Did you know that I mostly in this case mean forming a safari park in style of Dvur Kralove in Poland?
Also, who said I have to replace old and sick animals?

@rush2112 that's still a zoo.you pay tickets. Feed the machine. And animals are held captive, in small environments. Develop issues.

Also, in the simplest way possible, if you focus on the human factor, entertainment (like Dvur Karlove) and what can we get from them, instead of actually caring for the animal and putting the utmost importance of the animal wellbeing, than that is still, just a zoo that exploits animals.


That being said, here are some ethical ways for kids and adults to interact with animals -
-Sanctuaries that don't focus on breeding and don't allowed interaction
-Volunteering to a shelter center and a sanctuary
-Wildlife observing
-documentaries, books, donating
-fostering pets if conditions allow
-caring for local stray animals, animals overall (setting up water centers, sleeping corners etc).

@greensnacks Don't sound like you are accusing me of being a bourgeouis. That's how Holodo (you know what) was made.
Also, when volunteering for sanctuaries, ou can still feed those animals with good food for them?

@greensnacks What about owning wild animals as pets? There should be legal breeding homes for exotic animals

@rush2112 first of all, I'm not doing any of that. So no need for defensiveness and wherever you're trying there.

Second, I'm explaining to you the inherent faults in creating more enclosures for animals for human entertainment. That's it. It never was good it never will be good. If you ask me sanctuaries are not good either, but at times, there is no other way of helping animals recover and release or just grow and die out of old age, animals that usually were brought up in this world by such parks, or irresponsible owners, or rescued from poachers etc. So, again, humans caused their pain points, and the sanctuary is trying to fix the human error.

Helping in animal sanctuaries is VASTLY different than the zoo or other human centered animal entertainment facilities. You help the animal here by feeding it and cleaning it's enclosure and possibly entertaining them. That's it. There aren't 50-100 people and kids touching them all the time, there aren't unsupervised kids pulling their fur and screaming around them nonstop. The animal can hide, can do away from the volunteer and CHOOSE if it wants to engage with it. It's very different.


Because you got me tired, here is some information hat was AI summed up for your convenience.

Why this system is nonetical?

Violates the animal’s autonomy

Animals can’t say “no.”

Constant handling can stress them, especially if children are loud, rough, or unpredictable.

😟 2. Disturbs natural behavior

Even domestic animals need rest, space, and time away from human interaction.

They may tolerate touch but not enjoy it.

⚠ 3. Teaches children that animals exist for our amusement

Encourages the idea that animals are toys or objects to touch and take selfies with.

Undermines empathy and respectful distance.

🧪 4. Can involve hidden training or sedation

Some parks and petting zoos train animals to be passive through aversive techniques or overfeeding to make them “calmer.”

While Dvůr Králové is not known for abuse, the industry trend is troubling.


✅ What Truly Ethical Animal Care Looks Like

Animal-centered (not visitor-centered)

No forced interaction or public feeding/petting

No breeding for captivity or display

Facilities designed for animal comfort, not aesthetic appeal

Staff trained in animal behavior and trauma-informed care


Lastly, a person that focuses on how the close contact with animals in zoos made them feel during their childhood, centers this around their experience, not the animal experiences.
And if you ask me, such person should never participate in places that "care for animals" unless they center the animal and animal experience first. That's not love, that's selfishness.

@rush2112 that should be illegal.

@greensnacks I see, you have an authoritarian approach for animal care. (which means total separation of humans and animals) What about telling people they should be careful with petting (given nobody forces animals to be petted) or feed animals appriopriate food, instead of human food. Again. It's tiring to present my views, I don't think that it's helpful for those animals, who will end up being poached or some scam "environmentalist" organizations will in fact kill those animals.
As I said, safari parks solve the issue and animals decide if they want to interact with humans and when or not, while people drive by car (can be electric).

@rush2112 nice slapping that label on me, that helps you see the larger picture and tries to force me into category in your mind.whatever I don't care about that.


As for the rest, I think I'm going to getting off at this stop.

I delivered the information, my point is not to debate you and prove you wrong or right, but to deliver information and awareness, and it's up to you and your critical skills to do the rest of the work.

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@greensnacks OK, but I still stay with my views on this matter. Remember, there are more tigers (privately owned) in Texas than tigers in the whole world.