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Thu Dec-27-07 11:48 PM
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Wild animals shouldn't be caged for our amusement. |
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Edited on Thu Dec-27-07 11:49 PM by Skip Intro
It's not the animals' fault.
We took him out of his environment. We put him on display. We are the cluprits here.
If people treated animals with respect, as fellow creatures who share this earth, rather than as some commodity to be sold or exploited, this world would be a better place.
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Thu Dec-27-07 11:50 PM
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Thu Dec-27-07 11:53 PM
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3. Fuck, I hope not. This was too flagrant an attempt. |
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Fri Dec-28-07 12:07 AM
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Fri Dec-28-07 12:21 AM
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8. Don't eat it! It's full of butter! |
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Fri Dec-28-07 12:27 AM
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9. Nah, movie theater popcorn "butter" is totally vegan. |
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Chemically disgusting and tasty, but vegan.
Share.
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Thu Dec-27-07 11:52 PM
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2. Who blamed the animal? |
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Did I miss that basis of your entire post?
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Thu Dec-27-07 11:56 PM
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4. The tiger was a female |
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who came from the Denver zoo in 2005.
SHe wasn't grabbed out of Siberia.
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The Velveteen Ocelot
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Fri Dec-28-07 12:01 AM
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5. Most zoo tigers, at least the Siberians, are actually born in zoos |
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as part of a breeding program to preserve the species. Once in awhile, as with the tiger Globus who used to live at the Minnesota zoo (and is now offering his stud services at a zoo in the south), an orphaned cub is taken from the wild because it can't survive as a wild animal. That animal will contribute its genes to the captive pool to prevent too much inbreeding. Unfortunately the Siberian tiger is nearly extinct in its native territory. Good zoos may be the only way to keep some species from extinction.
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Fri Dec-28-07 12:05 AM
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6. I think that zoos serve a secondary purpose of education and providing |
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a sense of reality to a lot of people about a lot of species.
Kids (and adults) can read about these beautiful beasts and they can look at pictures and they can see movies. However, there is nothing that can bring it to life and make it as real as an opportunity to see one face to face. To look it in the eye and gaze at the beauty. I think that helps people want to take action to preserve such beauty. More so than images on paper and screen could ever do.
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Fri Dec-28-07 12:33 AM
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10. is this some kind of "BAN ZOOS" thing? |
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Fri Dec-28-07 12:35 AM
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11. oh, I can't. I just can't. sorry |
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Fri Dec-28-07 12:38 AM
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12. I look forward to bringing my grandchildren to the zoo this spring |
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Whether or not the "animal rights" crowd approves.
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Fri Dec-28-07 01:20 AM
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13. Humans should be caged for the amusement of wild animals. NT |
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Fri Dec-28-07 01:22 AM
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