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Yeah, sorry, but your percentages are waaaaay too high. I wish I could offer more accurate ones, but I can't. I just know that reptiles, including snakes, are among the most difficult pets to keep (I believe they tie with birds) and that the vast majority of pet owners are lazy. They want something easy that they can throw food (most likely bought dry at a petstore) and water in with and have it be okay. Reptiles aren't that kind of pet. Good herpers are one in a million...
While circuses and side shows are still engaging in the deplorable act of jumping tigers through flaming hoops (I assume; I haven't been to a circus in years and years because I can't stand them), zoos are moving towards emphasis in education. Many training organizations have set forth standards of shows and training in which, if the audience isn't being educated by natural behaviors, it is unethical to train or keep the animal at all.
True, there are still lots and lots of zoos out there that are not only keeping their animals in deplorable conditions, they are practicing dangerous and bad animal management and training techniques that are aimed at entertaining and making money with "tricks" like jumping through hoops. But with the new emphasis on education and the pressure the public has been putting on zoos to conform to new standards, I don't doubt that in the future, the majority of exsisting zoos are going to going to have new, more natural exhibits and focus on education as a #1 priority.
Even so, there is still a quesiton of whether or not it's ethical to keep these kinds of predators. You said yourself that you feel like it is fine to keep captive bred animals. While there are still animals coming into zoos from the wild, the vast majority of animals in zoos were either wild caught years and years ago, or captive bred... ESPECIALLY tigers, which are endangered and for which there are strict laws against bringing them in. Most, if not all, of the animals that are still being wild caught by accredited zoos are smaller, species where the population in a particular area has exploded. Often times, the option is catch it and keep it, or let the government kill it.
Nowadays, zoos get their animals by breeding them and trading with other zoos and private collections.
It is good that you have such a strong opinion, but you should do more research before trying to present 'facts' to express that opinion.
You might still say that you believe keeping captive animals is wrong. That's fine. I'd imagine there are a lot of people who feel that way. Just keep in mind that snakes, no matter how you slice it, are wild animals that we chose to keep in captivity, and how are large mammals like tigers better than snakes?
Here is my opinion: In a situation where the care of the animal in question is as good as possible with plenty of room to move around and lots of natural stimulation and enrichment and where the animal is being used to educate the public about the state of the environment and other animals, or in which the animal is participating in a breeding program to help restore wild populations, captivity is justified.
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