Tigers - The kind in the Columbus Zoo
Thursday, December 27th, 2007
Not LSU Tigers.. Real tigers, Siberian Tigers… It’s difficult to search the Columbus Dispatch for tiger news because of the sports stories.
Jack Hanna was on ‘Good Morning America’ this morning from Montana. His connection to the Columbus Zoo is still Hanna’s authority to speak for American Zoos, I believe.
Hanna was interviewed along with Adam Roberts of Born Free, about “Should animals be caged? “
In his first response Roberts angered Hanna, Director Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo by lumping zoos in with circuses. Roberts intimated that zoos are not educational.
I think I learned something this fall at the Columbus Zoo about what a small world it is. At an exhibit at the Columbus Zoo… all about conservation …a Zoo employee talked to me… me personally about animal skins that someone was trying to smuggle in through Port Columbus… I can’t remember which animals but I am sure there was a large cat skin… there was a story on the internet Sunday about a Siberian Tiger being beheaded and skinned inside a Chinese Zoo…
Columbus Dispatch from the AP:
“Did fatal tiger escape have human help? Jack Hanna doubts tiger jumped out on its own; San Francisco police open criminal investigation”
I have to admit I did not like zoos as a kid… my favorite part was the train ride… actually until quite recently the zoo was not a place I wanted to spend time. If the Columbus Zoo is an indication zoos are becoming more educational.
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