You know what I'll never understand? Why people love the zoo so much. I suppose I might have liked it as a kid, but as far as I can remember, the most fun I've had at a zoo was at the petting zoo and in a butterfly house. I like animals out where I can touch them, or be close to them, and while I don't think I'd necessarily want to be within touching distance of, say, a lion, it also doesn't seem particularly entertaining to just stand there and watch them lie around looking sad.
Maybe this is the 'animal rights' 'activist' coming out in me, though I don't normally consider myself an animal rights activist. (Though I am a vegetarian, but that's a blog entry for another day, I think.) It just seems unbearably mean to take an animal from their natural habitat and place them in a cage, or a glass box. Of course, many animals in zoos were actually rescued animals, so i hardly want to accuse zoos of mass cruelty. It just seems like an incredibly boring life, and an incredibly boring way to spend the day.
I bet the people who work at the zoos (presuming they like animals of curse) do actually have a lot of fun though. I think it must be incredible to work with animals all day. And while this is not something I plan to do, or even want to do with my life, I do feel a bit jealous of people who get to work with animals for a living.
And in keeping with my theme, I'm going to recommend the book The Nature of Jade. The book features a main character who loves watching the elephants in the nearby zoo, and (possible spoiler?) eventually begins working with them. That isn't what the book is about, but regardless, it is a beautifully written story and I really enjoyed reading it.
P.S. Who else loved the Doctor Who mid-season finale?
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