Keeping white tigers in zoos is wrong!
By cazziecaz5
@cazziecaz5 (73)
March 9, 2008 2:42pm CST
I think that it is cruel when they take white tigers as cubs from their natural habitat and moms to put in zoos or sircuses. I think that they have the right to remine free. They do take away adults but mostly cubs so they can tame them as they grow up. But it's wrong and so many are getting pulled from their homes to a new place which is harming them, soon there won't be any left and as you know, they are becoming extinct. All because not many are left in the wild but are on shows so they can't mate as often. Is this right? What do you think?
8 responses
@hallmarkjl (500)
• United States
9 Mar 08
I believe I just posted a comment to your last disscussion about how almost all white tigers are in zoos or places like that and how they are really not truly free. No, I do not think it is right to take an animal out of his home and put it in a new place unless they are doing it to help the animal. I really do not like the idea of white tigers being kept in zoos and things like that. If it was an animal retreat place where they had room to run and all that then yes. Just because it is hard for them to live in the wild due to their colors and because of people killing them for their fur.
Have you thought about all the countries who allow people to own white tigers as pets and how they abuse them? There are people out there who open up vast amounts of land and enclose it and take in all white tigers they can in order to save them from crule people and the dangers out in the natural wild. At least if they are in a retreat type place they can do the running, playing, mating and what not and not fear being killed, beaten or having their babies taken away. Also, places like that wont let people come out and get them to put them in zoos or on display for others.
Try to keep an open mind about things when it comes to them. Granted a circus, zoo or someones home is not a place to keep these wonderful and beautiful creatures. The wild is best, but when you cant let them live in the wild due to killers, abusers, stealers and what not, what are you to do? That is why I do not have much of a problem with retreat type places. What about you?
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@cazziecaz5 (73)
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10 Mar 08
I have never heard of retreats for white tigers before but they sound like a good idea. They are being protected from the dangers in life and can mate and have fun. It's simalar to having freedom but you're still captured. But i do strongly agree about retreats. They sound like a nice place.
@TenmaMetsuki (452)
• Bahrain
18 Oct 08
Zoos aren't prisons, zoos are there to protect animals, especially endangered ones like white tigers.
If they didn't put them in zoos, they'd be extinct since a long time ago. White tigers are gorgeous creatures, they're a big hit with the hunters, if they don't put them in zoos hunters will go off killing them for their fur or whatever even illegally, they can make millions from such creatures.
Besides, the people in the zoos take good care of them and help them increase their numbers, just like they did with the pandas that were only a handful before but now increased to a few hundreds thanks to China's efforts
@cazziecaz5 (73)
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18 Oct 08
If you put it like that it does seem rather a good idea about the zoos. And i knew panda's were very few in number but had no idea that China kept them in zoo's the help them and i think that is achually quite magical or very amazing. Thank you for sharing your veiw and you make me think differently now but even still, i'd like them to be free but just because they're white doesn't give poachers the right to hunt them.
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@TenmaMetsuki (452)
• Bahrain
19 Oct 08
as long as greedy humans continue to exist, they'll never be free. And that is "never"
And also, they put them in cages cuz they're dangerous on the public who go visit them, if they weren't they'd put them in an open space like they do with the other non-assailant animals
@phillygirl606 (1112)
• United States
10 Mar 08
This is a discussion where one would need to weigh the pros and the cons. I totally agree with you that it is wrong to take these animals from there natural habitats. But the zoos are helping to preserve these endangered animals lives. They have breeding programs and are also protecting the animals. A lot of these animals are endangered because of us. Humans hunting these animals down for sport. SO as I do think that these animals not being able to run free is wrong. I do believe in trying to preserve and help a species to thrive. The zoos are actually helping in keeping these animals from becoming extinct.
@cazziecaz5 (73)
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10 Mar 08
Yes, but the keep them on show in a tiny cage with a rock and some grass and other stuff. Is that the right life for a white tiger cub? They are only young and are taken away from their parents and taken into captivity. They need big open spaces, not tiny little cages. Retreats help alot better than zoos, so i still think it is wrong to keep them in zoos.
@gemini_rose (16264)
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10 Mar 08
No it is cruel for these beautiful creatures to be put into captivity, but if they are put there to help keep the white tiger alive then I can cope with it, because lets face it they have more of a chance in captivity than being left in the wild to cope with those humans who go round shooting them for their skin and teeth and things. I think whatever setting these beautiful animals are kept in it will only be a matter of time before they are extinct.
@cazziecaz5 (73)
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10 Mar 08
Even if they need to be put into zoos because of reasons to keep them alive. I still think that they should put them in a retreat where they can mate and live normally. Zoos is where people can come and look at them and point and laugh, a tiny cage is no place for such a graceful and amazing animal. Poachers again are main problems but they should be put into wildlife parks or retreats where they can be safe, they are safe in zoos but they are enclosed in a tiny space and all you get to do is lie around all day. Not much of a life if you ask me?
@Norfolk_Jim (214)
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9 Mar 08
Poor tigers, the chances of them being around much longer is pretty slim due to the illegal trade in tiger skins and body parts. I dont think there are very many left in the wild, certainly not white ones, but perhaps the few that are in zoos can help to keep the species from becomming extinct and might then be introduced back into the wild. Here in Norfolk they do breed tigers in captivity at a park called Thrigby. I've seen a tiger cub there that was just a few days old. I thing Sigfried and Roy the Las Vegas performers have white tigers in their act and in that regard I'd go along with you. Show biz is no place for endangered species.
@cazziecaz5 (73)
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10 Mar 08
Yes Sigfreid and roy do keep white tigers. I don't think that they should be put on show like that because one of these days everybody who is doing it will regret it sooner or later when no more are left. Retreats are good places, but even though a think they are good places i'm not 100 percent shore wether it's the best place but there they are safe from poachers and anyother wild beast or man that would harm them and take them away for their own and other peoples amuzment.
@cazziecaz5 (73)
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10 Mar 08
That is where retreats come in. They can help, kind of. It's not perfect but they are protected from poachers who are killing so many of them for their fur for coats and other stuff. I think poachers is one of the many problems with White tigers. But zoos are no better, retreats are a lot more better than zoos.
@hallmarkjl (500)
• United States
9 Mar 08
I was also going to say there are also national parks in some countries that will not allow people to harm anything there or taken anything from there. There are even national parks where people are not allowed to enter into. These are the places that the white tigers can live at too as long as they have someone to supervise and make sure no unwanted people get in there and make sure the tigers can find food. If not find food then leave some out for them to find.
