tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10112235.post6623330167379335656..comments2023-09-22T10:27:08.895-07:00Comments on Life As I Know It: Wild AnimalsHistoryGeekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02670515936852776370noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10112235.post-69333463552317364702008-01-20T17:55:00.000-08:002008-01-20T17:55:00.000-08:00Timothy Treadwell is one of those beings whose sto...Timothy Treadwell is one of those beings whose story honks me off like nearly no other. Every time I watch "Grizzly Man", I find myself hollering at the screen like Ren hollers at Stimpy: "You EEEEEEDIOT!!!!" <BR/><BR/>The level of arrogance Treadwell displayed...auggh. (Anger often renders me semi-verbal...I just run out of words to describe someone so imperviously CLUELESS. Bears fight and kill EACH OTHER--what on Earth made Treadwell think they wouldn't do the same to HIM?)<BR/><BR/>As for zoos, I don't quite know how I feel about them either. I would rather have a human-acclimated or otherwise non-adapted-to-life-in-the-wild animal in a zoo than torn apart by predators (or its own kind) in the wild, however.GJChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01088785537045114419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10112235.post-75738525194699492442008-01-17T22:17:00.000-08:002008-01-17T22:17:00.000-08:00I think that animals which were born in captivity,...I think that animals which were born in captivity, or captive since a very early age, need to be kept in zoos or reserves. I think that they need good environments and stimulation, though, and not from the people who go to the zoo. I think zoos are also the best, most popular way to educate people about wildlife they would otherwise not come into contact with. In an ideal world, none of this would be necessary, but we don't live in an ideal world.<BR/><BR/>And I love Defenders of Wildlife, too. :0)Aravishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07766002202567429153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10112235.post-4918152140531076942008-01-16T19:13:00.000-08:002008-01-16T19:13:00.000-08:00Don't you think that a majority of us are caged to...Don't you think that a majority of us are caged to some extent.<BR/><BR/>Most of us must work a job, and our bells and whistles are merely called vacations.<BR/><BR/>I think that if the wild animal never had a taste of the freedom they could have, they don't know what they are missing. I'm not entirely for zoos myself, but I think that places that help to repopulate an endangered or protected species is helpful.shortyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09646106228386001678noreply@blogger.com