Should You Hug a Sloth? Spurred by social media, attractions where visitors interact with animals have surged. Advocates are sounding alarms.

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• Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I was on a tour in Honduras (cruise ship stop) and it stopped by a place like this. Being a wild animal lover, I was intrigued and thinking it was a zoo at first but realized quickly it was just exploitation. It was too late, I had paid the entrance, but did not take any pictures with anything on general principal. There were sloths at the end and it just saddened me.

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  • CluckN@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Same here, last cruise I bought the V.I.P punch a dolphin pass. By the 5th swing I realized that this may not be an official aquarium.

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• ekZepp@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If someone thinks they can treat a living animal as a mere push toy just for fun and to post some content on his social, then I won’t shed a tear if said animal will decide to show them exactly how its species has managed to survive natural selection all this time.

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• JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No link?

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  • silence7@slrpnk.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Fixed

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• PopcornPrincess@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  My cat won’t let me touch let alone hug him…why would a wild animal.

  Also I saw “Slotherhouse” and know that some sloths will go on a murder rampage for fun. 😂

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