Submitted by: Submitted by Hayne
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Category: Societal Issues
Date Submitted: 03/30/2014 12:55 AM
I’d like to begin my debate with a press release from the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria, an umbrella organization that over 340 zoos across Europe belong to, including the Copenhagen Zoo.
“Our aim is to safeguard for future generations a genetically diverse, healthy population of animals against their extinction; Copenhagen Zoo is highly involved in these programs and took a transparent decision that the young animal in question could not contribute to the future of its species further, given the restraints of space and resources to hold an unlimited number of animals within our network and program, and should therefore be humanely euthanized.”
Now the key to this quote is, whilst broadly and briefly explaining how, what and why the killing of Marius the giraffe was and is completely justifiable, the significant point of this quote is my sentence prior. The European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (E-AZA) bears the responsibility and jurisdiction of over 350 internationally Acclaimed, Environmental Protection Agency approved, globally recognised Zoos across of Europe.
They campaign, they lobby, they rally and they oversee all affairs that are undertaken by these Zoos in terms of animal rights, animal welfare and abuse. Surely, affirmative team, you can agree, these guys know what they’re doing.
So why you ask, did such a professional entity permit the Copenhagen Zoo to cause such a public outcry and commit, what you affirmative team and many others perceive ignorantly, as a MISTREATMENT of the animals they are legally bound to care for and sustain? In all honesty, this question was the first among many to cross my mind, and even instinctive hostility to a seemingly inhumane act.
This is understandable, yet unbeknownst to the wider public and evidently the affirmative team, the legal, scientific, and economically justifiable reasons to why the Zoo did what they did. I, as the second speaker, will outline these justifications and reasons....