Bizzare Demands By 'Animal Rights' Guy
cn | 20 March, 2007 08:44There's a polar bear cub born that was born in a zoo in the UK who has stirred up a hornets nest of news and debate. The cub's mother ignored him after he was born and the zoo staff decided to raise the cub rather than let him die. As a result, the cub has become dependent on humans for its survival and would most likely not survive in the wild (which doesn't seem like it would be much of an issue, being that he lives in a zoo...).
This dependency prompted one animal rights activist so proclaim (from CNN.com):
"Feeding by hand is not species-appropriate but a gross violation of animal protection laws," animal rights activist Frank Albrecht was quoted as saying by the mass-circulation Bild daily, which has featured regular photo spreads tracking fuzzy Knut's frolicking.
"The zoo must kill the bear."
Now what I want to know is which bizarre animal right is this individual trying to protect for this cub? The right to be killed?
This is not a statement by animal rights activists in general, as many have come out to condemn the above statement, but it does highlight the potential issues that arise from blind zeal, no matter what the content point is (environmentalism, animal rights, economy, etc). And the statement is just a bit scary....
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