Zoos: The Dark Side of Animal Captivity | Corporate Casket

iilluminaughtii

Blair Zoń

Documentary, Education, Business, Society & Culture

4.4 • 961 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a weekly series where bad businesses go to die. Zoos: who didn’t love going to one as a kid? Seeing polar bears, penguins, monkeys, and other exotic animals at the Zoo might’ve been one of your favorite field trips of all time. While we know that some Zoos probably aren’t able to give animals proper care, how bad is it? Are all Zoos this way, and if not, how can you know the difference? Connect With Me: https://linktr.ee/iilluminaughtii’ Sources: https://justpaste.it/c0820 Writers/Researchers/Helpers: Ali Z-B This episode was edited and mixed by: G. Thomas Craig Album cover art created by: Betsy Primes Intro Song Credits: Trauma- Will Van De Crommert Outro Song Credits: Electronica Punch- Oleksandr Koltsov Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.6	Who here remembers their very first field trip to a zoo? Show of hands? Just kidding. I can't actually see your hands, but I'll trust that plenty of you are raising them right now, even if it's just in your mind.
0:44.0	Chances are when you were a little kid and maybe even now, the zoo was a magical place.
0:50.0	Some kids have apparently thought elephants were mythological creatures before seeing them up close.
0:58.0	While reading about these animals and seeing videos of them can be informative,
1:02.0	there's nothing quite like seeing a tiger, a
1:04.4	penguin, a lion, or a polar bear up close and personal, as long as you don't get too close.
1:10.7	Plus, while we know that animals like these shouldn't be kept in tiny metal cages,
1:15.2	zoos have come a long way, right?
1:17.5	There are some beautiful ones out there, and some of the animals are kept in acres of space,
1:21.9	giving them plenty of room to run around, play, roam, grow, whatever
1:26.1	their heart desires really.
1:28.5	But maybe, despite this, you've still questioned their ethics.
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