When kept zoos are a necessary "evil" for preservation and education. If the public had no way of interacting/observing animals they wouldn't care/know about them.
There are animals dying in the wild right now from some injury they suffered. That is life. We humans do not need to save them by sticking them in concrete boxes. There are humans dying from injuries right now, should we put them in jail to save them?
Do what you can with what you have. Better than doing nothing. And these refuges also support research and other conservation efforts to address the larger picture.
Consider this post is about the animal having such mental distress that the zookeepers/slaveholders (tomato/tomato) have to proactively do things to keep the animal happy because, as the video admits, they know how captivity is harmful for the animals mind. If the beast is that unhappy, perhaps it should be free and humans should put themselves second to the seal’s happiness.
The video didnt say anything about mental distress, just that he was an old boy and enrichment is good for him. And I dont see humans working in a rescue / habitat putting themselves first. But im not gonna discount your read on this, its possible im not seeing the full picture. My ex was deeply involved with rescues as a vet so my perspective mostly comes from her stories.
pullingsixty
Give him a real duck to love. Blow his mind.
USvette1
Wouldn't doubt reggae is going to be inundated with rubber ducks now.👍❤️
NinjaCongo
*Alien docu film maker: "This senior human seems to be obsessed with memes..."
Cats2cats
Rubber duckie you’re the one……or maybe two
treboresque
oozabooza
I always updoot birbs
ilovebigmutts
Old water puppy and his toys.
justplainvanilla
goflyblind
Cats2cats
Rubber duckie you’re the one…….or maybe two.
UserNamesArentEasy
CortexDagger
One of those is not like the others. Catchy song though haha.
Elonth
I wish I knew what this song was about. I assume its about how great it is to be a seal.
UserNamesArentEasy
How he is super fat and has to hop around on his belly. Slapping it and such. Someone loosely translated it in another thread maybe in an find it
Elonth
Ya i figured the last 1-2 lines were about being fat and squishy.
layinginbedfeelinglikeaquesarito
Yes for cute. No for zoos.
Shewy92
He wouldn't be that old if it wasn't for the aquarium
enjeruluca
Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life is part of the NE aquarium (which is nonprofit) where they’re supporting research and conservation.
RacecarIsRacecarBackwards
I agree, but also without zoos, some species would be extinct now.
knotydes
When kept zoos are a necessary "evil" for preservation and education. If the public had no way of interacting/observing animals they wouldn't care/know about them.
But yes, zoos are pretty sad.
layinginbedfeelinglikeaquesarito
Preservation and eduction as a defense? Seals aren’t an endangered special, and this is 2026, we can have VR zoos for education.
Currahee63
An exception: If this was a rescue of a seal that would have otherwise died due to injury or abandonment, then yes for rescue habitats.
layinginbedfeelinglikeaquesarito
There are animals dying in the wild right now from some injury they suffered. That is life. We humans do not need to save them by sticking them in concrete boxes. There are humans dying from injuries right now, should we put them in jail to save them?
TheGiraffeStar
Do what you can with what you have. Better than doing nothing. And these refuges also support research and other conservation efforts to address the larger picture.
layinginbedfeelinglikeaquesarito
Consider this post is about the animal having such mental distress that the zookeepers/slaveholders (tomato/tomato) have to proactively do things to keep the animal happy because, as the video admits, they know how captivity is harmful for the animals mind. If the beast is that unhappy, perhaps it should be free and humans should put themselves second to the seal’s happiness.
TheGiraffeStar
The video didnt say anything about mental distress, just that he was an old boy and enrichment is good for him. And I dont see humans working in a rescue / habitat putting themselves first. But im not gonna discount your read on this, its possible im not seeing the full picture. My ex was deeply involved with rescues as a vet so my perspective mostly comes from her stories.