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Animal Rights
10 April 2016 23:43
05/04/2016
A captured maneater tiger was captured and kept in a zoo. The tiger
which was famous among visitors, was shown exemplary sympathy
and based on court order, was rereleased to the wild. The tiger had
eaten three humans in the past. Wildlife experts opine that the tiger is
not a typical maneater – which are usually frail and old. It is a
healthy tiger capable of hunting wild prey and now has got taste of
humans.
Some say that it is morally and ethically wrong to release such
dangerous animals into forests. Some argue that it is ethical to release
them to forests.
a) Discuss what arguments on the basis of ethicality can be made both
in favour and against such a move.
b) If you were the final authority to decide if the tiger would stay in
zoo or released into forest, what would be your decision? Justify
It is ETHICAL TO RELEASE the tiger in the forest
Because capturing an animal goes against Animal rights. A wild animal
should be kept in the wild. The mental and physical frustrations of captivity
often lead to selfdestructive behaviour such as bar biting, head bobbing
etc.
Since the tiger is young, keeping it restricted in an area might reduce its life
expectancy.
It is UNETHICAL to release the tiger in the forest
Since the tiger is now familiar with the taste of humans, the probability of it
attacking humans is high.
Selfdefence is human right. Localities of the area might attack the tiger
when he attacks. Thus creating mantiger conflict.
If I were the final authority, I would have kept the tiger in the zoo itself. This
because, the chances of a man eating tiger who is young and familiar with
human's taste, to attack men in future are high. Since the issue is only of one
tiger, so there should not be any threat to the larger community of tigers. And
lives of many people cannot be put to stake for one tiger. Also, I would ask
support from organizations that work for protection of captive animals, to look
after the tiger that it does not harm itself or other animals.
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