After my recent posts talking about my feeling regarding animals in zoo's I'd like touch on the subject once again.
Seeing large cats in cages is a very hard to see, as I grew up I watched tons and tons of nature shows, since I live in Canada the most played shows were Nature, David Suzuki's The Nature of Things, and Lorne Green's Wilderness. All of these shaped my childhood and helped me become the ocean and animal lover that I am today.
As I stated in earlier posts seeing African/Tropical animals in the snow is very strange, please don't get me wrong I realize that certain Tiger species that live in Asia do reside in snowy areas. But for large tigers that are in cages in the snow in Canada is weird.
The more I think the more and more I feel conflicted about zoo's and what they are and what good they really provide. I must say I did have someone comment on my post about Gorilla's who is a zoo keeper and I really appreciated their comments and perspective.
I think its really important to have dialogue about these issues.
Thanks for reading.
Scott
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