I’m playing devil’s advocate here but I guess it depends on which sanctuary. Sometimes sanctuaries are just that but then there are sanctuaries who will lock the “rescued” animals in cages. There was one elephant sanctuary who made the elephants paint so that they can sell their work to raise money. Sounds pretty innocent but the questions that come to mind are “why aren’t they roaming around and being elephants? Why must they learn to paint as a novelty fundraising effort?”

Zoos are abhorrent but I have no idea why people are considered animal activists when they are partaking in their exploitation–vegetarianism, breeding operations, “humane” product consumption, “vegans” telling other vegans to stop “preaching” while spreading misinformation to the public (“Go veg!”, “do what you can”, “it’s okay to buy stock in Tyson Foods”, etc).