antizoo

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adjective

Opposing the keeping of animals in captivity in zoos.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adjectiveantizoo (comparative more antizoo, superlative most antizoo)

comparative more antizoo · superlative most antizoo

  1. Opposing the keeping of animals in captivity in zoos.
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    A few years ago, very little antizoo sentiment existed and zoos received little criticism, but today we find ourselves painted with the same broad brush as the consumers of wildlife—i.e., the fur trade and pet shop industry—despite the fact that zoos have reproduced many thousands of animals, including some rare and endangered species.

    1977 April, The Rotarian, volume 130, number 4, page 12

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