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The Elephant in the Room Is Captivity

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May 27, 2025
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The UK Government has announced so-called “modern welfare reforms” for zoos boasting about more space, longer chains, and fewer photo ops with octopuses. This isn’t progress. It’s a distraction.

Because no amount of policy padding, enclosure enlarging, or fish-fondling bans can hide the truth: no one, elephant, octopus, or human, deserves to be born into…

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