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Difference between zoo and sanctuary

Animal rights activists are opposed to zoos but generally support sanctuaries. They oppose the confinement of animals in zoos because it violates the animals’ freedom to live free of human exploitation. Even if the animals are members of an endangered species, keeping them in a zoo for the sake of the species breaches their rights because the sake of the species cannot take precedence over the rights of the individual. On the other hand, Sanctuary rescues animals that cannot live in the wild and can only survive in captivity. Wild animals are kept in pens, tanks, and cages in both zoos and sanctuaries. Many are run by non-profit groups and serve to educate and display animals to the public. Some charge entry or ask visitors to make a gift. The primary distinction between zoos and sanctuaries is how their animals are obtained. A zoo may acquire, sell, breed, or trade animals or catch wild animals.
Individual rights are not taken into account. Animals are frequently overbred because zookeepers prefer to have a steady supply of newborn animals to entice visitors. Zoo visitors expect to see lively, active animals rather than aged, exhausted creatures. Overbreeding, on the other hand, leads to overcrowding. Excess animals are sold to other zoos, circuses, and even canned hunting operations. 1 The animals are purchased to serve the zoo’s needs. Animals are not bred, bought, sold, or traded at a sanctuary. A sanctuary, like a zoo, does not capture animals from the wild but instead takes in animals who can no longer thrive in the wild. These creatures may include injured wildlife, confiscated illegal exotic pets, exotic pets surrendered by their owners, and animals from closed zoos, circuses, breeders, and laboratories.

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