¿Cómo afectan las fotos a los animales silvestres?

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De seguro han visto esas fotografías que algunos famosos tienen con animales exóticos.  O puede que incluso ustedes mismos se hayan tomado una foto con una de estas especies.  Pero ¿sabían que este acto, que parece ser inofensivo, al parecer encierra una industria bastante cruel con los animales?

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00:00Of course you have seen these photos that some famous ones have with exotic animals

00:04or maybe even you have taken a photo of one of these species.

00:11But did you know that this act, which seems to be offensive,

00:14seems to encierge a very cruel industry with animals?

00:17A research done by World Animal Protection

00:20indicated that from 2014 to 2017,

00:23the number of selfies with wild animals had increased to 292% on Instagram.

00:30More than 40% of these photos were considered harmful,

00:34because in them appeared someone who embraced,

00:36supported or interacted with some of these species.

00:41According to Claudia Brieva, veterinarian veterinarian of wild animals,

00:44there is a type of tourism relatively common in some communities

00:48that consists of capturing animals and exhibiting animals to tourists.

00:53The photos and the manipulation in adequate of the cameras

00:56generate in the animal stress psicological,

00:59fear and anxiety,

01:00as well as that it deprives the rest of the necessary necessary

01:02for its growth and health.

01:04For her part, Angela Maldonado,

01:06a Colombian scientist,

01:08premiada by National Geographic

01:09for her work of conservation in the Amazonia,

01:12told the social media

01:14that the tourism of the selfie in the Amazonas

01:18has some effects in the animals.

01:20Hundreds of aves,

01:21oses,

01:22tortugas

01:22and other species

01:24mueren

01:24when they don't have the diet that they require.

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