Should zoos exist? - What in the World podcast, BBC World Service

An estimated 700 million people visit zoos every year. Some people see these facilities as a great way to teach people about nature and to save species from extinction. Others think they’re cruel and unnecessary. It’s a heated debate. And now, as more and more people are watching animal rescue videos on Instagram and TikTok, it feels like the debate is hotter than ever.

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William Lee Adams from the What in the Word team talks us through the history of zoos, including how Queen Charlotte (who was featured in Netflix’s Bridgerton) came to have twenty kangaroos, and how zoos have evolved.

We also discuss their pro and cons. We hear from Tonya Lander, a biology lecturer at the University of Oxford, 19-year-old animal rights activist Nikita Dhawan, and Delcianna Winders, who is the director of the Animal Law and Policy Institute at Vermont Law and Graduate School.

00:00 Introduction
00:30 Brief history of zoos
01:48 How zoos have evolved
03:10 How many people visit zoos globally
04:04 The reasons why people think zoos should exist
05:50 Prof Tonya Lander on the role of zoos in conservation
07:15 Activist Nikita Dhawan on why zoos shouldn’t exist
08:08 The three main reasons why people think zoos shouldn’t exist
09:50 Zoochosis
10:49 The future of zoos
12:25 Prof Delcianna Winders on what model zoos should use
13:40 Sanctuaries and their potential
15:15 How to find an ethical zoo

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