Talk:Animal sanctuary

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Missing Information
Hi, I noticed the information below was missing from the article and I will edit it to fit the page's tone and what's already there.

- housing

- new admittance

- what services sanctuaries provide for residents

- what positions there are at sanctuaries

- how the public can get involved

Discussion
what is the difference between a "National park" and a "wild life sanctuary" ?

There are no references for the entire introduction of this article. --n-k, 14:26, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi. I am going to take a stab at editing the page with recent articles written about sanctuaries. I am writing this in the context of a graduate class assignment. Smreccle (talk) 16:23, 5 April 2020 (UTC)smreccle

Excessive External links...
I noticed that someone had tagged this list for excessive external links... I think this list should follow the same standards that most other lists do, if the place does not have a wikipedia article, it should probably not be listed... Although there are exceptions to this rule for "notable even though they don't have an article yet" places (for example, I know Big Cat Rescue in Tampa is fairly notable regionally), it keeps every "backyard sanctuary" from adding themselves (like the one that had MySpace for their website that I just removed)... I just went through and cleared out all of the redlinks/nolinks from the list, and will probably work on the article further in the next couple days... If someone else is willing to help, we need to figure out which places still on the list have a wikipedia article, and properly link to their article instead of their website... and if they do not have an article, they should probably be removed (as having a surviving aticle would be a sure sign of notability)... - Adolphus79 (talk) 17:36, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Looking at this article again, it should just be an article about animal sanctuaries... I am going to split off the list to List of animal sanctuaries... - Adolphus79 (talk) 17:38, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Reference Jaulas Vacías
Hello. I had put the following reference into the article:


 * Jaulas Vacías. El Desafío de los Derechos de los Animales, publicado por Fundación Altarriba, Barcelona, (2006). ISBN-10: 84-611-0672-5 ISBN-13: 978-84-611-0672-1. Pag 111

This is only the translated book into Spanish Empty Cages: Facing the Challenge of Animal Rights, from Tom Regan, but I cannot put as a reference the English version data because I don't have a copy in that language and I don't know what page speaks of sanctuaries there. It will be great if somebody have the English version and improve this. Greetings. Akhran (talk) 05:41, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

article too narrow
Some people use the word "sanctuary" to describe a place where animals are brought for protection. But many others use the word to denote entirely natural places, where animals (e.g.. birds) are allowed to visit or live as they always have done. For example www.reifelbirdsanctuary.com, http://www.kbs.msu.edu/visit/birdsanctuary and many others. The article needs completely re-writing.Paulhummerman (talk) 03:21, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I totally agree. There are also plenty of sanctuaries that exist as a sanctuary not only as a place of last resort for an animal, but also as a place of rehabilitation before their next stop. I'm going to try to find some references that can help support the broader nature of the different types of sanctuaries out there and make an attempt to build up this article. I think we can create some sections that delineate between the different types, and even link to some examples in each category --Jonddunn (talk) 23:06, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

More than one definition that is stated in article
First, as a complete disclosure of any COI, I am an employee of Best Friends Animal Society. We run the nation's largest no-kill animal sanctuary for companion animals. Given that, I'm hoping that my position is seen as one of more of an expert on this matter, than someone who is trying to push some PR for Best Friends. My goal with this article is not to push Best Friends specifically, but to ensure this article represents the true encyclopedic explanation of the topic.

The article states that unlike zoos, sanctuaries are not open to the public. That is simply not true. There are certainly sanctuaries that have very little in the way of visitors and volunteers as a matter of personal policy (usually related to the types of animals in their care, and the mission of the organization), but there are many like Best Friends that welcome visitors. We have thousands of people visit every year (30,000 or so), about a third of which stay and volunteer. This is true not only at our sanctuary, but also at the sanctuary used in the photo (Farm Sanctuary in New York - very clearly stated on their website: http://www.farmsanctuary.org/the-sanctuaries/watkins-glen-ny/tours/)

The last three paras are entirely unreferenced and seem to be more of someone's personal philosophy about what a sanctuary should be, versus a balanced view of the different types that are in existence. As a still learning wikipedian, I would love some guidance if someone is willing to give it on how to proceed. I am happy to also take a stab at editing this article. --Jonddunn (talk) 13:44, 19 November 2015 (UTC)