Hairless Chimps

[ballinouttacntrol]

Hmmmm, what is an appropriate size for a human? Prison size

 

[kissofcrimson]

That may be true for some animals but I believe that the higher the intelligence and more aware of the surroundings they are the more of an issue it is. If you are put into a cage, albeit a nice one, surrounded everyday with creatures gesturing and making sounds you did not understand, would you be happy because you didn't have to worry about money or food?

Bingo.

A fish, rodent or amphibian may not know the difference but a tiger, elephant or whale will. Housing is honestly the biggest issue besides enrichment and in my opinion for most large, wild animals they are best left in the wild. Elephants for example can travel anywhere between 10-30 miles a day and the habitats that they are housed in is not even comparable to what they would have had in nature. Orcas, dolphins, porpoises etc are prime examples of animals that should not be kept in captivity because they don't even live 1/3 of their life span and develop an assortment of health problems otherwise not seen in nature. Wild animals seem to develop all sorts of health conditions because of stress, just like alopecia in Chimps, in captivity that they would otherwise have little to no chance of developing in the wild.

Not meaning to derail the thread, just had to put that out there as to why they might/do have it.




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