Kua roa te whakamahinga o ngā kararehe hei whakangahau tangata e whakaaetia ana i roto i ngā mahi pēnei i ngā circus, ngā zoos, ngā papa moana, me ngā umanga reihi. Heoi, kei muri i te whakaaturanga he mooni o te mamae: ngā kararehe mohoao e herea ana ki roto i ngā whare taiao, e whakangungua ana mā te akiaki, e tangohia ana ō rātou kare ā-roto, ā, he maha ngā wā ka akiakihia ki te mahi i ngā mahi auau kāore he take i tua atu i te whakangahau tangata. Mā ēnei āhuatanga ka tangohia te mana motuhake o ngā kararehe, ka pāngia rātou e te ahotea, te whara, me te whakapoto i te roanga o te ora.
Haunga ngā pānga matatika, ko ngā umanga whakangahau e whakawhirinaki ana ki te whakamahi kararehe e pupuri tonu ana i ngā kōrero ahurea kino—e whakaako ana i ngā hunga mātakitaki, inā koa ngā tamariki, ko ngā kararehe te mea nui hei taonga mō te whakamahi a te tangata, kaua hei mea ora whai uara tūturu. Mā tēnei whakaritenga o te herehere ka whakatairanga i te kore aro ki te mamae o ngā kararehe, ā, ka whakararu i ngā mahi ki te whakatipu i te aroha me te whakaute puta noa i ngā momo.
Ko te wero i ēnei mahi ko te tikanga o te whakaae ko te maioha pono ki ngā kararehe me ahu mai i te mātakitaki i a rātou i roto i ō rātou kāinga tūturu, mā roto rānei i ngā momo mātauranga me te whakangahau matatika, kore-whakamahi kino. I te whakaaroaro anō a te hapori i tōna whanaungatanga ki ngā kararehe, ka huri te neke atu i ngā tauira whakangahau whakatoi hei taahiraa ki tētahi ahurea aroha ake—he ahurea kāore te harikoa, te miharo, me te ako e hangai ana ki te mamae, engari ki te whakaute me te noho tahi.
Ahakoa i mua he wāhanga nui te hopu manu mō te oranga o te tangata, inā koa i te 100,000 tau ki muri i te wā i whakawhirinaki ai ngā tāngata o mua ki te hopu kai, he rerekē rawa tōna tūranga i ēnei rā. I roto i te ao hou, kua noho te hopu manu hei mahi whakangahau tutu, kaua hei mea e hiahiatia ana hei oranga. Mō te nuinga o ngā kaiwhaiwhai, ehara i te mea hei huarahi oranga engari he momo whakangahau e pā kino ana ki ngā kararehe. Ko ngā hihiri i muri i te hopu manu o ēnei rā e akiakihia ana e te ngahau whaiaro, te whai i ngā tohu, te hiahia rānei ki te whai wāhi ki tētahi tikanga tawhito, kaua ki te hiahia ki te kai. Inaa, he pānga kino te hopu manu ki ngā taupori kararehe puta noa i te ao. He nui te pānga ki te ngaronga o ngā momo momo, tae atu ki ngā tauira rongonui tae atu ki te taika Tasmanian me te auk nui, i ngaro ō rātou taupori i ngā mahi hopu manu. He whakamaharatanga nui ēnei ngaronga kino mō te …










