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Dolphins (was) Banned from the Garden!--very long
"animaux" wrote in message ... On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 12:20:49 +0100, "Pat Porter" wrote: Unfortunately, although they`re well taken care of, they lack the one thing they need - FREEDOM! The Dolphin that I`d like to see is the one who has frequented a bay in Wales for years, and VOLUNTARILY seeks out swimmers to "play" with. The only captive creatures should be the seriosly endangered species, although I`m not even sure about that, apart from the ones disappearing through man`s interference. Evolution has wiped out millions of species., and man itself is part of the evolutionary process, so it`s a difficult question. Pat P Yes, on a deeper level I agree with you. Then I saw how they behaved. I felt their excitement when they did their show. While I really do have a hard time with captivated animals, nothing is worse than the way elephants are kept, or apes...or any zoo. This was much more than a zoo. It was simply a wonderful experience and if it can teach ten children a year to appreciate life on the deeply profound level of animals, it serves it's purpose and the whales will be better for it down the line. Oh that reminds me of something we saw at the wonderful "Howletts Zoo" in Kent, owned by the late John Aspinall, who has several breeding groups of mountain Gorillas kept in the most beautiful and enormous enclosures. He could and always did just go in with them and was accepted by the enormous Silverback, and the rest. I have even seen a mother Girilla hand him her baby to look after while she went off to do her own thing! But I digress . One day we heard a terrific trumpeting coming from the elephant enclosure and there were half a dozen older female elephants trumpeting in fury at a "teenager" who was hogging their pool. They were whacking him with their trunks, and yelling at him whilst he appeared to be thumbing his nose/trunk at them. Our recent altercation on here has been very much like that, only in the case of the young elephant, he had a bit more sense and gave in gracefully. John Aspinall did so much to help keep the numbers of endangered species up. His speciality was the Gorilla and the tiger (of all kinds). I always liked his sign at the entrance which said that the park was designed for the welfare of the animasls, NOT the visitors - in other words don`t complain because the enclosures were so big and natural that you couldn`t always see the animals! He`d just wander amongst the elephants, who all appeared to love him - even the enormous bull. He just rode around on his bycycle from enclosure to enclosure checking on everything. I`m so glad that his son is keeping it on. The whole project was paid for from the proceeds of his gambling club in London.. Pat P |
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On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 05:35:56 +0100, "Pat Porter"
wrote: Oh that reminds me of something we saw at the wonderful "Howletts Zoo" in Kent, owned by the late John Aspinall, who has several breeding groups of mountain Gorillas kept in the most beautiful and enormous enclosures. He could and always did just go in with them and was accepted by the enormous Silverback, and the rest. I have even seen a mother Girilla hand him her baby to look after while she went off to do her own thing! But I digress . One day we heard a terrific trumpeting coming from the elephant enclosure and there were half a dozen older female elephants trumpeting in fury at a "teenager" who was hogging their pool. They were whacking him with their trunks, and yelling at him whilst he appeared to be thumbing his nose/trunk at them. Our recent altercation on here has been very much like that, only in the case of the young elephant, he had a bit more sense and gave in gracefully. John Aspinall did so much to help keep the numbers of endangered species up. His speciality was the Gorilla and the tiger (of all kinds). I always liked his sign at the entrance which said that the park was designed for the welfare of the animasls, NOT the visitors - in other words don`t complain because the enclosures were so big and natural that you couldn`t always see the animals! He`d just wander amongst the elephants, who all appeared to love him - even the enormous bull. He just rode around on his bycycle from enclosure to enclosure checking on everything. I`m so glad that his son is keeping it on. The whole project was paid for from the proceeds of his gambling club in London.. Pat P What a great story. My day is restored and for one more day I have hope. I go day by day now. Of course, they did bombings in Liberia, yesterday. Oh well, our igit did say "...Bring 'em on..." |
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