The headline itself is a bit problematic. I would suspect that a more accurate title would be "Modern zoos less crazily insensitive to animal needs". But that's not what I'm here to tell you about.
The tone of the article isn't quite right either, approximating that of a wide-eyed 15-year-old with a free zoo ticket, writing for the school newspaper. But that's not what I'm here to tell you about either.
The most interesting thing about the article is that you can do a little experiment with it:
- Replace all the mentions of "zoo" with "prison".
- Replace "zookeepers" with "guards".
- Replace "zoo animals" with "inmates", "lions" with "murderers", "giraffes" with "rapists", and "Asian black bears" with "Asian and black criminals".
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who do you think the 15-year-old "King of the Jungle" would be?
ReplyDeleteDid you notice one of the zookeepers was called Jeannine Jackle? The Herald missed a trick there! Oh how we could have laughed...
ReplyDeleteI was pretty ambivalent about zoos until I read that article - bears playing with kegs? A warthog's food being wrapped up "like a Christmas gift"??!! Is that seriously the best being done, that never occurred to anyone before and is worth getting excited about? I kinda figured there was a lot more going on to keep zoo animals occupied and it was a little more scientific and stimulating than scattering food rather than putting it all in one place.
ReplyDeleteI think I'm beginning to understand your obsession. Bring it on, more zoo stories!
At least the US zoos are teaching animals about the miracle of Christmas.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if those zoos are also teaching intelligent design...
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