TAILIEUCHUNG - Zoos and Animal Welfare Phần 4

Tham khảo tài liệu 'zoos and animal welfare phần 4', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Space Matters A female elephant herd s home range covers huge spaces through which it moves to forage and browse for food minerals and water and to seek social contact with related herds. Wild elephants walk for miles everyday yet require only about four hours of sleep a day. AZA mandates 75 square meters of indoor space and 252 square meters of outside space for two elephants. In the wild home ranges of female African elephant herds for example vary from 15 to 50 square kilometers. Let s do the math in the wild a modest elephant home range is 15 square kilometers or 15 000 000 square meters 1 square kilometer equals 1 000 000 square meters . In comparison AZA s acceptable barn space for two elephants is about 200 000 times smaller than the space elephants would chose for themselves. AZA s outside yard space is about 60 000 times smaller than the smallest known elephant home range. Not surprisingly AZA elephants suffer from arthritis foot rot and other orthopedic disabilities that often contribute to their early deaths. The Sanctuary is not another kind of zoo. We exist to provide a nurturing permanent home for elephants already caught up in the web of captivity. Breeding our elephants to produce young that will in turn face a lifetime in captivity with no hope of return to the wild has no place in the Sanctuary. AZA Accreditation Is No Guarantor of Elephant Well-Being AZA s standards do not recognize or protect the lifelong bond between elephant mothers and their female offspring nor do they acknowledge or protect relationships that AZA s unrelated adult female elephants have forged among themselves in their urgent quest for satisfying social affiliation. AZA s standards permit elephants to be chained in their barns for up to 12 hours every day year round. The Sanctuary does not permit chaining. AZA s standards allow keepers to hit elephants as training. The Sanctuary believes that hitting an elephant is never justifiable. 3 6 Zoos and Animal Welfare Percentage of

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