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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was a zookeeper in many zoos, and you would not believe the amount of animal mistreatment and neglect. I finally had to quit when animals were being euthanized for reasons like "it's the end of our shift and we don't want to deal with this, just put it down and lets go home". [b]A lot of people who works in zoos really don't like their animals all that much, and they HATE the public. [/b]

Zoos also don't do nearly as much for wildlife conservation as they lead you to believe. 99+% of animals bred in zoos go live in other zoos. Only a handful of facilities actually release animals back into the wild. But they make it appear like they are saving all these endangered species to raise $$.

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I don't know much about zoos. I would think the people who have the authority to put an animal down would at least be a veterinary technician of some sort right? It's not the people who clean the cages or a keeper? I wouldn't think its a field you'd go into if you didn't love them - vet degrees are expensive and I read that the suicide rates are high.

Also whats the deal with the escaped bobcat last month?[/quote]

Yes, vets are the ones who euthanize animals. I've seen vets euthanize them because it was the end of the day and they wanted to go home. I've also seen keepers/curators tell vets that certain animals were sicker than they actually were to get them euthanized. The big, personable animals (big cats, elephants, apes) get rock star medical treatment. Smaller animals often don't. The public will notice if a lion dies, they don't notice if a small monkey or a bird does. Euthanasia is also sometimes used to control population size, especially with hoofstock.

A lot of vets are fantastic, but some aren't. Kind of like doctors- some got into the field because they actually care about people and want to help them. Others do it for money/prestige/etc.

Ha, animals escape all the time. Sometimes it's due to human error- leaving a door open, not checking enclosures regularly for holes. Sometimes it's because animals have nothing to do all day but figure out ways to get out. [/quote]

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