tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779390.post5418558286768059949..comments2023-11-02T06:44:26.914-04:00Comments on Yusef's Journal: Zoo 1STAGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06198646624631167489noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779390.post-91956740078559482352008-08-19T21:01:00.000-04:002008-08-19T21:01:00.000-04:00The Toronto zoo is set up in such a way that the c...The Toronto zoo is set up in such a way that the cages are to keep the people out. The environments are really big, and often you can't even see the animals. As you can see by the foliage in behind the big cat, they have lots of room to play. <BR/> The Toronto zoo is really big on getting animals back to the wild...they spend literally millions on such projects. <BR/> The usual problem with serious predators like this girl is that left on their own, they will eat somebody's kid or dog, and end up being shot. <BR/> I did feel a little sorry for that cougar....she really DID want to snack on the kid beside me. And the kid was obnoxious enough that I could see her point.<BR/><BR/>grin!~STAGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06198646624631167489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779390.post-53470956073764671862008-08-11T03:27:00.000-04:002008-08-11T03:27:00.000-04:00I hate zoos. This photo breaks my heart. Animals c...I hate zoos. This photo breaks my heart. Animals condemned to a life sentence for our amusement in enclosures that make them sick or crazy or both. <BR/><BR/>I know many zoos have improved their habitats for animals and a great many species owe their non-extinct status to the breeding programs of zoos, and nearly ever conservationist and passionate wildlife person out there first caught their love of animals at a zoo; but I can't stand them anyway. <BR/><BR/>Lots of photographers make lots of money photographing zoo animals, but I can't do it. It would be like making money from slaves.Carahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07679741742125922220noreply@blogger.com