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minus-square@Kecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink8•10 months agoWild tigers have a territory of ~20km² for females and over 60km² for males. How is giving them 2-3 acres of land not cruelty? You’re applying human standards to animals, to you having 2 acres on your own is impressive, to them it’s a prison.
minus-square@wahming@monyet.cclinkfedilink5•10 months agoThey need that much land in the wild because they’re apex predators, and that’s the amount of land necessary to support enough wildlife to feed them continuously. Not because anything less than that is confinement to them.
Wild tigers have a territory of ~20km² for females and over 60km² for males. How is giving them 2-3 acres of land not cruelty?
You’re applying human standards to animals, to you having 2 acres on your own is impressive, to them it’s a prison.
They need that much land in the wild because they’re apex predators, and that’s the amount of land necessary to support enough wildlife to feed them continuously. Not because anything less than that is confinement to them.