Reminds me of the staff at Melbourne Zoo who used to enjoy the looks
on the faces of patrons at Meerkat feeding time. The customers would
be fawning over the cute little meerkats and then the day-old chicks
were released. The staff were obdurate - they eat live food and
that's that. I wonder if they still do it - I hope so.
I do so HATE the concept of 'cute'.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 23/03/2009, at 3:43 AM, Chris Crawford wrote:
> The zoo here in Fort Wayne has a small lake or pond in the middle
> of the
> zoo. The pond is filled with ducks and geese. Until a few years
> ago, the
> zoo's alligators also lived in the pond, in a section fenced off to
> keep the
> gators from getting out (the fence extended to a section of dry
> land next to
> the water too). One time a few yrs ago, I went there to do some
> photos for a
> local magazine I was working for at the time. I noticed the
> alligators had
> been moved to an artificial pool in another part of the zoo, and I
> asked the
> zookeeper who was working with me why they moved. She confided that
> a baby
> duck had swam through the fence into the alligator area and had
> gotten eaten
> in front of a group of small children who were upset by seeing the
> baby duck
> die! So, the gators were moved from the duck pond!
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