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Talking of campaigns by our charity to phase out the keeping of animals in captivity, Dartmoor zoo owner Ben Mee says: "Actually
Talking of campaigns by our charity to phase out the keeping of animals in captivity, Dartmoor zoo owner Ben Mee says: "Actually
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2013-07-30
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Talking of campaigns by our charity to phase out the keeping of animals in captivity, Dartmoor zoo owner Ben Mee says: "Actually, I can see their point; I don’t particularly like looking at animals behind wire either." He then adds the usual caveat(说明): "But, as a zoo director, I understand that it is absolutely essential that we keep them there."
Are zoos really essential? Ben talks about them "protecting as many endangered species as possible". Yet of the 51 mammal and bird species at his zoo only seven are classed as threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Zoos claim to be safer places for animals than their natural habitats. Mee questions whether it is "fair" to reintroduce a jaguar(美洲豹)to Central America, because of not only the dwindling(逐渐减少的)rainforest but also the impact "on the people who live and farm there". This view is highly dangerous for conservation, and many field scientists consider captive breeding to give a false impression that species are safe and that natural habitats don’t need protecting.
Despite its claims, Dartmoor zoo itself has been responsible for killing animals — deer, as a result of "overpopulation", and a wolf who was excluded by the pack, for example. More dangerous is the line pushed by international zoo bodies that hybrid animals should be killed — such as three tiger cubs at a German zoo recently — because they use resources that could be spent on purebred animals. The Mee family bought the zoo without any prior experience, so not surprisingly Ben found it "harder than I thought" — so hard that its operating company is closed despite a TV deal and a planned Hollywood film. Let’s hope they haven’t started a trend for wealthy people with no experience to buy zoos in trouble — Anna Ryder Richardson followed in their footsteps by getting a TV series based on her buying a zoo in Wales.
Mee talks about the alleged good work of members of the zoo-trade body, the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquaria(Biaza). Twice in the past year, we have exposed the practices of member zoos. One had a tiger-breeding programme with the owner of the country’s most controversial animal circus. The other was locking lions inside for up to 18 hours a day. Biaza revoked membership of the zoo connected to a circus but not the one keeping lions confined in a building that, according to government inspectors, had "no visible environmental enrichment" and "clear signs of substantial fighting". So how can Mee say we have "some of the highest standards of farming anywhere in the world"?
We need to urgently recognise that conservation means the protection and restoration of natural habitats, not keeping animals in cages. If we phase out zoos, and end captive breeding, resources can be used to protect habitats for the benefit of all fauna and flora(动植物).
According to Dartmoor zoo owner Ben Mee, keeping animals in the zoo______.
选项
A、forms a barrier between visitors and animals
B、takes up too much valuable resources in the city
C、is the best way to protect people from being hurt
D、saves animals faced with the danger of extinction
答案
D
解析
根据题干中的Ben Mee和keeping animals in the zoo将本题出处定位到首段末句和第二段前两句。首段末句提到,本·梅伊补充一贯的说明:“但是,作为一个动物园园长,我知道我们将它们放在那里是绝对必要的。”第二段首句提到:动物园真的是必要的吗?第二句解释原因:本说它们“尽可能多地保护濒危物种”。[D]正是对原因的同义转述,其中的saves与protecting对应,animalsfaced…extinction与endangered species对应。[A]是针对…don’t…like looking at ani-mals behind wire…设的干扰项。[B]与本的观点相反。[C]是针对第三段第二句进行的错误推断。
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