BBC地平线:我们该关了动物园吗?的剧情简介
Liz Bonnin presents a controversial and provocative episode of Horizon, investigating how new scientific research is raising hard questions about zoos - the film explores how and why zoos keep animals, and whether they need to change to keep up with modern science or ultimately be consigned to history.
Should zoos cull their animals to manage populations? Liz travels to Copenhagen Zoo, who killed a giraffe and fed it to the lions, to witness their culling process first hand. They think it is a natural part of zoo keeping that is often swept under the carpet. Should some animals never be kept in captivity? In a world exclusive, Liz visits SeaWorld in Florida and asks if captivity drove one of their orcas to kill his trainer.
But could zoos be the answer to conserving endangered species? Liz examines their record, from helping breed pandas for the wild to efforts to save the rhinos. She meets one of the last surviving northern white rhinos and discovers the future of this species now lies in a multimillion-dollar programme to engineer them from stem cells. Veteran conservation scientist Dr Sarah Bexell tells Liz the science of captive breeding is giving humanity false hope.
BBC地平线:我们该关了动物园吗?的短评
在大滅絕的可能與不可能之間,每一個個體的受苦都是真實而漫長。人類的共業不該由動物來承受。 —— 何倩彤
悲观地看来,不管圈养还是放归,最后还是都会灭绝的。即使关掉了动物园,那些动物最终还是无处可去。这个错乱的世界里,人自己尚无处可归,何况动物呢。 —— 路伽维加
答案是肯定的,该关。大型动物在动物园里活不过平均年龄的一半;它们的窥避行为是影像健康的重要原因;世界上只剩下三头北白犀牛了,在动物园里它们没有交配的欲望,绝育。 —— 神哥
揭示了动物园的一些鲜为人知的真相,在越来越强调动物福利以及认识到生境保护才是物种保护的关键的今天,号称肩负科研、保护、公众教育等多重责任的动物园,该何去何从。(马戏团,海洋馆,动物园…,然而说到底,其实某种灵长类动物最爱圈养和控制的动物,大概还是它们自己吧!) —— 宇宙真理猪大肠
动物园目前还是一些濒危种的繁育基地。 —— pinkjar