Comments on: Chapter 3: Will Knut get the boot? http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/01/01/will-knut-get-the-boot/ a site for dog lovers Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:21:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: bluhawkk http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/01/01/will-knut-get-the-boot/comment-page-1/#comment-658 bluhawkk Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:52:13 +0000 http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=3842#comment-658 I have a low opinion of zoos. Yes indeed they do exploit animals based on cuteness and appeal. Ever wonder what happens to excess, aging or infirmed animals? No, they don't retire with Social Security and Medicare benefits. They are considered 'surplus' and may be auctioned off to various industries including ranches that engaged in 'canned hunts' of exotics. http://www.captiveanimals.org/zoos/zfact1.htm http://www.pawsweb.org/surplus.pdf http://www.hsus.org/wildlife/stop_canned_hunts/canned_hunts_unfair_at_any_price/ It is a dirty business. I have a low opinion of zoos. Yes indeed they do exploit animals based on cuteness and appeal.

Ever wonder what happens to excess, aging or infirmed animals? No, they don’t retire with Social Security and Medicare benefits.

They are considered ‘surplus’ and may be auctioned off to various industries including ranches that engaged in ‘canned hunts’ of exotics.
http://www.captiveanimals.org/zoos/zfact1.htm

http://www.pawsweb.org/surplus.pdf

http://www.hsus.org/wildlife/stop_canned_hunts/canned_hunts_unfair_at_any_price/

It is a dirty business.

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