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zoo animals are intended for slaughter?

maybee bc we usually dont come in contact with wild animals, they can usually take care of themselves. as far as domestic animals, we encounter them and they affect all of our lives in one way or another, so its natural that we have certain duties toward them.

Well with pets such as cats and dogs you develop a bond with them. You have an obligation to feed them and look after them on account of they have been domesticated and are less likely to be able to fend for themselves if you do not provide for them. Because that bond is there though people will generally treat them differently, as mas already pointed out, you tend to treat them like a family member.

The likes of zoo animals, while I’m sure zoo keepers develop bonds with the animals I would not imagine it would be as close a one as that of an ordinary pet, purely because the zoo keepers are looking after so many animals. Also zoo animals do not tend to be domesticated so there is an obligation to provide as natural a habitat as possible for them.

This is similar to our obligation for wild animals. While there may not be any bond with them, there should still be an obligation to ensure that their habitat remains natural so that they may live there as they always have. Of course this is not the way things are, just the way things should be. (In my opinion at least)

I don’t know if this was the kind of answer you were looking for or not, I’m quite sleepy so I may have misread parts of the responses, if I did get off the point a bit then my apologies :)