[Someone1234]

> while tigers may have statistics showing a better life than in the wild

And who paid for those statistics and what measures did they use? I'd love to know how you quantify a tiger's happiness.

[formula1]

Sickness, risk reward regarding prey, accidents and poachers will probably not be taken care of by vets

Granted, peta and humane society have exposed some zoos mistreat many animals which may swing the statistics in favor of the wild. Nonetheless, we have laws and those laws are meant to protect the animals even if they dont succeed 100% atm