Guest guest Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 I spend some time at a primate sanctuary in florida every year. I also send them $. The monkeys are rescued from vivisection labs and the exotic pet trade. The monkeys live in giant cages,some cages are bigger than a condo inSF. Is this sanctuary promoting the caging of wild animals? NO! Can these monkeys just be set free in the cities of the USA when released from the labs or pet-trade? NO. The countries these monkeys are native to will not take them back for release because they have their own pet-trade problems. There are very few programs for rehabilitating captive-bred monkeys into the wild. Assuming we could get every monkey free from labs and pet owners and assuming we could sneak across borders in Central America to release them,could they survive amongst established troops who are not welcoming to " strangers? " I recently rescued a Southeast Asian fish from a person on craigslist. My fish lives in an aquarium on my dining room table. He is a very happy, spoiled fish in a beautiful tank. Am I cruel because I have a rescued fish in a tank? Should I buy an airline ticket to Vietnam so I can put him back into the rice paddy mud where he comes from? He was born in captivity and would not survive. Should we all send our cats and dogs back into the wild because in their DNA, to the core,they are wild animals? Sure, keeping birds, fish, hamsters, mice, rats, chinchillas,turtles,etc...sucks and the entire pet trade is evil and unnatural. But most of these captive bred animals could not survive in the wild. Sure, the pet trade starts with animals stolen from the wild and bred for profit. But not one of us have rescued animals that are wild-born. These animals only know domestication and captivity. It would be awesome for the entire pet trade to come to an END...including cats and dogs. Fewer or no cats and dogs reduces animal cruelty to farmed animals that are processed into cat-food. Remember,the majority of dog/cat owners do not feed them vegan food. What is my point? Give Ching Hai a break and stop associating her with Petco or Petsmart. Those birds were born in captivity and she probably treatsthem better than some other human who would keep them in a dirty cage in their kitchen. amy pacifica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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