How many zoo attacks have there been?

In the past 26 years, there have been 256 injuries from animal attacks at accredited and non-accredited zoos, menageries and wild animal parks in the U.S., according to a searchable database developed by the animal advocacy group Born Free. Thirty-three victims died from their injuries.



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Polar bears are the animals that do worst in captivity. Carnivores such as polar bears, tigers, cheetahs, and lions are especially poorly suited for life in a zoo, according to a new study. The more an animal roams in the wild, the researchers found, the worse it fares in captivity.

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Animal abuse is widespread in 75% of zoo and aquarium facilities. 96% of elephants in entertainment facilities are treated poorly. Polar bears have a million times less space in zoos. Only 18% of captive animals are endangered.

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Some animals may be handed over to natural museums, taxidermists, universities etc. Some animals (like hoofstock) can be fed to carnivores, if their death is caused by fatal injury or they were intentionally culled (and local law allows it). I don´t think any zoo has a special graveyard.

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Some animals in zoos are kept in enclosures far too small for them, while others are forced to perform degrading tricks. Even in the best zoos, under the best conditions, a lifetime of captivity is no life at all for wild animals.

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