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OT: The News Thread

At least he got to live to a ripe old age—well past his life expectancy—instead of getting Harambe’d.
 
MindzEye said:
Just don't look them in the eye...ever.

Funny enough, the same advice I'd give women if they saw Zeke at the bar. Unrelated though I'm sure.
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I did that at the Toronto Zoo to this gibbon that was sitting in front of the glass. I got up close and stared at him. He bared his teeth and pounded on the glass.

Did it to a hippo at the Vancouver Zoo that was just across a moat. Stared at him intensely for about a minute and he charged right at me to the retaining bar.

I don't pay good money to watch animals take naps. I want to see a show. The old gorilla exhibit at the Toronto Zoo used to be the best. Kids would be lined up 3 and 4 deep to watch them swing on the bars and play fight with each other. Now it's all quiet and the apes just sit there with their backs to the crowd doing nothing.

What's the point of even having them in captivity if they're going to be kept in enclosures where they can barely be seen?
 
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou said:
I did that at the Toronto Zoo to this gibbon that was sitting in front of the glass. I got up close and stared at him. He bared his teeth and pounded on the glass.

Did it to a hippo at the Vancouver Zoo that was just across a moat. Stared at him intensely for about a minute and he charged right at me to the retaining bar.

I don't pay good money to watch animals take naps. I want to see a show. The old gorilla exhibit at the Toronto Zoo used to be the best. Kids would be lined up 3 and 4 deep to watch them swing on the bars and play fight with each other. Now it's all quiet and the apes just sit there with their backs to the crowd doing nothing.

What's the point of even having them in captivity if they're going to be kept in enclosures where they can barely be seen?
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have you ever considered that it is inappropriate to prioritize your personal entertainment over an animal's well-being?
 
Wayward DP said:
have you ever considered that it is inappropriate to prioritize your personal entertainment over an animal's well-being?
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The animals would be better served if zoos didn't exist in the first place, at least as far as mammals are concerned. Same goes for aquariums with sea mammals.

Nothing I did was injurious to the animals, save from the paying of admission to keep the zoo in business. I no longer do this. I wont patronize any zoo or aquarium that keeps mammals in captivity. Snakes, lizards, fish, birds? Meh, have at it. But gorillas or whales? No bueno.
 
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