This debate can only come to one end..
If we start humanizing animal behaivor and living conditions.. We can only take it a level higher and come to one conclusion.
We do not like to be captivated in a small invironment, not even under perfect condistions. We could take it for many years but still would go crazy and get bored to dead.
So we should stop keeping pets and stop captivating animals and just keep them where they belong. If you don't have the abilities to visit animals in their natural habitat, just take comfort with looking at a picture or a documentary. Why would you need such an animal in a cage or a tank? What comfort is there to find?
Who are we to put an animal in an confined space and just by looking at say.. Oh!? look how nice it swims... or Oh!? Listen how nice it signs
It must be happy!?
But on the other hand what do we do, we still do the contrary
We still see ourselfs as the image of god, devellop intelligence tests and let animals perform tricks. And so we can classify them by brain size and behaivor. We realise, we know so much and still act like we know so little. No wonder we are at the top, we developed and judge the tests our selfs.. What do we realy know?
I know why the caged bird sings... For the caged bird sings of freedom!!
So now we all should go to the little room, lock the door and cry a little. Come out cuddle our tank and turn the needle valve down a notch.
That's what i'm going to do now. Have a nice day..