Cruel to be kind?

• Autores: Marc Bekoff, Daniel Ramp
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2974, 2014, págs. 26-27
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Bekoff and Ramp talk about zoos, which often kill healthy animals considered surplus to their needs. This isn't euthanasia, or mercy killing, but zoothanasia. The killing of surplus animals is just one example of people making life-and-death decisions on behalf of captive and wild animals. These are difficult decisions and various criteria are used, but almost without exception human interests trump those of the non-human animals.