Who inspects zoos to check that animal welfare is being upheld?
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Most zoos are part of the AZA (Association of Zoos & Aquariums) and they have an Accrediation process which includes inspections. Their website has information about the Accrediation.
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I think that the puppies should receive veterinarian attention so that they become healthy.
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At our zoo, they have an African exhibit. They have a bronze sculpture of...poop!\n\nThis is a 3'x3'x3' pile of crap! Giraffe crap, cheetah crap, gazelle crap, elephant crap! I think it was the giraffe crap looked like giant rabbit turds. I had my kids sit on it to take a picture, and instead of 'cheese', I told them to say 'Uhhhgggg'!\n\nI would imagine bear crap would look like real big dog crap.\n\nSorry if I bored you.
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Here's a whole slew of them:\nhttp://collectibles.search.ebay.com/animal-control_Collectibles_W0QQcatrefZC12QQfromZR10QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQsacatZ1QQsaprchiZQQsaprcloZ
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It is very sad that you feel the need to question the utility of animals. Perhaps you regard them with so little respect that they only have meaning to you in terms of their use. If you want to ask a good question about the usefulness or uselessness of animals then try this; how useful are you?
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Studies how people /animals react to certain situations.
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Call animal protection and the police.  Beastiality is illegal.
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You can call your local animal control.
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We like both.  However, you do get to see a greater variety of animals at the zoo.
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Oh' they can definitely distinguish people. Anyone that owns a bird can tell you that. If someone besides me gets near my parrot, watch out!
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I don't think the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) has an official policy on pedigreed pets.  Their main mandate is protecting and preserving habitat for wild species, and aren't particularly concerned with domestic animal species.  \n\nI wouldn't expect the WWF to either endorse or oppose the keeping of pedigreed animals, any more than I would expect the WWE to have an official position on the water treatment plans for Alma Ata, Kazakhstan.
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I dont know and beside sides who would like to take care of animals ratehring have them
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Zoo keepers do not work closely with animals - they manage the people who do...\n\nYou will need biology, nutrition, business management, accounting and human resource skills.\n\nThere are not too many zookeeper jobs in the states and most are city, county jobs that go to doctors or other people with a masters or better degree.  You would still most likely need a vet certification too.
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Who doesn't contribute to society -- the activists or the animals?\n\nDid you know that animal abuse laws were in place prior to laws prohibiting the abuse of children?  Anti child abuse laws were actually derived from animal abuse laws.  So there's something to be said for those who protect.\n\nThere was a story in my local paper today.  A teacher had brought in a tortoise as a class pet.  Over the holiday weekend, vandals came in and bludgeoned the pet for no reason.  Shouldn't someone stand up for the animal and those who loved it?\n\nAs for the second part of your question posted in additional details . . . the poor starving person already has a voice.  The animals do not.  How many humans realize that they're made of meat too?  Good thing animals don't have the same twisted disregard for our lives as we tend to have over theirs.
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The Zoo.  The spca.  A pet store.
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Different animals see different ranges of color.  Scientists can determine this largely by looking at the structure of the eye, to understand what light waves a structure responds to.
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Im not real sure but i think curating, directing, or zookeeping. Heres a few sites dont know if they'll serve as useful.\n\n-----------------------------------------------------------\nJobs a zoologist can do:\n\nThere's many different jobs that a zoologist can do, from being a lab technician, to a veterinarian, to being an animal caretaker/trainer/breeder, to being a wildlife biologist. Each job requires different experience, training, and each has different tasks specific to a job.