Survey suggests support to phase out large animals in captive enclosures
Research was commissioned by the Born Free Foundation
According to a recent UK wide survey, 75% percent of people no longer want animals kept in captivity.
Born Free are leading the fight for a major change, and South Essex Wildlife completely agree.
Their founder, Sue Schwar, is not happy with the way animals are treated.
“As human rights have evolved, so has animal rights; and people don’t want to see animals’ captive and unhappy, they would much rather see them in the wild”.
Sue Schwar tells us that animals show stress and unhappiness in different ways to us.
“If people think the animals are happy in captivity, then I challenge you to leave their door open and see what happens”.
A spokesperson from the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) said that previous surveys by YouGov have shown the opposite results – that more than 75% of the UK public support zoo conservation and that Born Free’s figures do not “seem to relate to the real world”.
Born Free released a manifesto on Thursday in which it wants political parties to commit to phasing out captive animals, ban the importation of hunting trophies, stop the badger cull and end the use of animal fur in the military.
It said the British public supports its policies citing the results of the survey which also found that 85% agree there should be a ban on bringing endangered animals into the UK as hunting trophies, 67% support an end to the badger cull and 79% agree with stopping the import and sale of fur.