If you remember the Ohio idiot that had a whole zoo of animals that he let loose before committing suicide. Interesting case on the subject of tranqulizers. The police tried, with vets, to use tranqulizers, but the cats just about got the chop on some deputies. It was then recommended to start hunting and killing them was the only solution to protect the local citizens. It was a long night of hard hunting, but the police succeeded in killing most of them.
I'm guessing wild animals don't really belong in a zoo for our amusement...the workers take their chances, and I'm sure know the many risks...although I love zoos and they do help conserve certain rare or endangered animals; the risk never goes away
Reminds me when I was very young visiting Queens zoo they had a bull behind a fence...This bull didn't approach anyone even when he was being offered carrots, I guess he wasn't that social..but somehow decided to approach me and ate the grass stalks I was offering him...I think he noted that I am a Taurus...
This isn't exactly a "Bull kills bullfighter...hooray" kind of story. A random woman visits a zoo and through negligence gets gets ripped or chomped to death. I can't really get on the "side" of the tiger. Too bad it had to be shot, but I don't put the value of its life above the life of the woman it killed.
PA I'm guessing wild animals don't really belong in a zoo for our amusement...the workers take their chances, and I'm sure know the many risks...although I love zoos and they do help conserve certain rare or endangered animals; the risk never goes away
The goal of most zoos is to instill and develop an appreciation for the animals and education, not really for entertainment (I'm speaking of 1st world zoos). There's a lot of conservation effort, study, and interchange breeding programs to strenthen endangered species through tracking bloodlines etc.
For many endangered species the various zoos serve a type of ark that preserves them, does the biology, and works to keep it healthy. Meanwhile, the ones in the wild are difficult at best to protect and still being eaten for lunch somewhere.
Oh I'm not against zoos just trying to emphasize the risk...you are correct...but I do go to them, as does most of the public, for a form of entertainment...and to get laid [no not by the animals] etc...
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I'm guessing wild animals don't really belong in a zoo for our amusement
I've been thinking about it, too. Actually some seem to enjoy it, like the wild boar - they make the most of their territory (interesting craters) and doze off most of the time. Daytime, anyway. And the seals swim closer and take a look at you, making you wonder who's actually being looked at.
Poor woman of course. A couple of years ago we were at a tiger's cage when it (she, actually, we were told later) started to look behind us very intently and almost purred aloud, and then the attendant came and spoke to her. She was visibly pleased (the tiger) and the attendant said to us: "Well, but she would eat me up anyway." That's the way they are.
Pretty sure the tiger saw the keeper as prey. It's what tigers do. Killing it for doing what tigers do is the point I'm making. IOW, getting on someone's case for reasons they're unable to control, ie, skin colour, physical features, nationality, would be akin to blaming the tiger for being a tiger.
So the tiger saw the keeper as prey. So to sum up, what you're saying is...
1)"The sky is blue", and
2) If someone said the sky wasn't blue, they would be like a racist.
Well good thing you put that out there. Btw, have you actually met someone in your life that wouldnt know the tiger saw the zookeeper as prey? Someone who knows what a tiger is, I mean.
Tableview Good, it's better off dead than in a cage in a zoo.
Other than those which are kept purely for research and conservation, I dislike zoos.
You must be used to really crappy, Third World zoos. Here's some tiger conservation and research AND people can see and learn to appreciate them. They aren't mutually exclusive choices..
I'm not used to 'really crappy third world zoos' I'm used to game reserves in Africa, and the only other 'zoo' I've been to (as an adult anyway) is Durrell Wildlife in Jersey, which is dedicated to conservation and education.
I dislike the principle of keeping animals in captivity. I still remember when I was a small boy being taken to London Zoo and thinking how cruel it was to keep those magnificent animals pacing up and down all day in tiny cages in an unnatural environment for the edification of the human animals gawking in.
I'm not used to 'really crappy third world zoos' I'm used to game reserves in Africa, and the only other 'zoo' I've been to (as an adult anyway) is Durrell Wildlife in Jersey, which is dedicated to conservation and education.
African game reserves are great for African animals, but they aren't even close to being the only animals in the world, and they only work if they can keep the poachers out.
And maybe some do more than you think down in your neck of the woods... Minnesota Zoo
And you're going to judge all zoos on the basis of visiting one as an adult? I think a lot more of them provide for natural habitat and do a lot more research than you realize. It's the norm, not the exception.
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I dislike the principle of keeping animals in captivity. I still remember when I was a small boy being taken to London Zoo and thinking how cruel it was to keep those magnificent animals pacing up and down all day in tiny cages in an unnatural environment for the edification of the human animals gawking in.
Oh, well I don't know about the London Zoo but most have come a long way since then. "Tiny cages" have been out for about the last 30 years or so.
