Monday, October 31, 2011
Pig out on Pumpkins!
I'm not into all that scary Halloween stuff, but I figured I would post some cute pics of zoo animals celebrating this Fall season. Enjoy!
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Have you heard?? It's a jungle out there in Ohio!
Recently Yahoo news posted an interesting article about some escaped animals in Ohio. The story suggests that the owner of an animal preserve set the wild animals free and then eventually committed suicide. Attached is the article and I urge you to check it out!
http://gma.yahoo.com/last-escaped-animals-being-hunted-down-zanesville-ohio-074109844.html
After reading the article, I realized they were killing these animals for the community protection but, my first thought was "why are they killing the animals?!" Why can't they tranquilize them and later relocate them? It later stated that the animals were "mad and aggressive" so ammunition had to be used to control the situation. (Wouldn't you be mad and aggressive if you got shot?..comes along with it...the medication doesn't affect the animal instantaneously)
It's unfortunate that such beautiful creatures had to be killed, but the safety of the community was priority. The man that owned this animal/nature preserve had these animals in unbearable conditions. My question is, if the community knew about these conditions, why did this event have to occur before they decided to do something about it? We need to be proactive with situations such as this.
Lastly, my favorite quote from the article, "'These are wild animals, wild animals that you would see on TV in Africa,' Lutz said at a news conference Tuesday evening." <----really? wild animals you see on TV in Africa...ignorance...so I had to chuckle.
http://gma.yahoo.com/last-escaped-animals-being-hunted-down-zanesville-ohio-074109844.html
After reading the article, I realized they were killing these animals for the community protection but, my first thought was "why are they killing the animals?!" Why can't they tranquilize them and later relocate them? It later stated that the animals were "mad and aggressive" so ammunition had to be used to control the situation. (Wouldn't you be mad and aggressive if you got shot?..comes along with it...the medication doesn't affect the animal instantaneously)
It's unfortunate that such beautiful creatures had to be killed, but the safety of the community was priority. The man that owned this animal/nature preserve had these animals in unbearable conditions. My question is, if the community knew about these conditions, why did this event have to occur before they decided to do something about it? We need to be proactive with situations such as this.
Lastly, my favorite quote from the article, "'These are wild animals, wild animals that you would see on TV in Africa,' Lutz said at a news conference Tuesday evening." <----really? wild animals you see on TV in Africa...ignorance...so I had to chuckle.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
I bet you didn't know...
Most animals seen at the zoo aren't the most exotic in the world. I was curious to find some interesting facts about exotic and even domestic animals...so here we go!
Some of the most popular animals in the world are the "ugliest" ones...check these out!
Proboscis monkey
Bald Uakari
Naked Mole Rat
Blob fish
Philippine Tarsier
Aye Aye
Doesn't get any uglier than that! Which one is your favorite??
Some of the most popular animals in the world are the "ugliest" ones...check these out!
Proboscis monkey
Bald Uakari
Naked Mole Rat
Blob fish
Philippine Tarsier
Aye Aye
Doesn't get any uglier than that! Which one is your favorite??
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