You gotta get your pathologist out there, you gotta get your geneticist out there, you gotta get your veterinarian out there, you gotta get your curator out there, everybody talking about it. So when the day comes that you’ve got to put down that high profile animal, they go, well,… Read More
Quality of life, old animal, you know, just it’s time. So you take it to McDonald’s, you give him a hamburger, give him a milkshake for his last meal, and then you euthanize him. The best day of his life is when you euthanize him. Not the worst day of… Read More
That’s hard, easy to say, hard to do. But it gets back to the sun bear story I was telling you. Animals writhing on the ground one day and the next day is like, hey, I’m healthy. No, this animal is in trouble and is going to die. We need… Read More
So cannot embrace doing it for genetic purposes unless it’s a physical abnormality that, you know, you can’t get around. And certainly understand the medical side and quality of life side. But we haven’t had that serious discussion with our public. We avoid it ’cause it’s euthanasia. We avoid it. Read More
So on and so forth. So in that case, again, not advisable, but it’s kind of like, it’s my relief if I don’t have any other options available. Euthanasia for medical reasons, quality of life, I have no issue with that. My biggest issue is, I think we sometimes wait… Read More
He said, you know, you’ve gotta euthanize your dog, right?… Read More
No. But to leave that female stand open, we thought would be a huge disservice. Now, I wasn’t in the leadership role, but I was certainly part of the discussion. And I learned a great deal from Jim and others about the importance of this. That animal, by the way,… Read More
Do you wanna do it repeatedly?… Read More
No. Read More
Is it advisable with other options?… Read More
It happens. There’s nobody out there going, oh no, no, stop, stop. Don’t do that. You’re related. It’s gonna happen. It’s not the end of the world. Read More
Okay?… Read More
And you would’ve thought that we’d just dropped an atom bomb into the SSP. But our answer was, leaving her open, as they say, and not breeding her, is more detrimental to her than having her dad breed her back. You’re telling me for one minute this doesn’t happen in… Read More
Does euthanizing of endangered species, surplus genetic issues, still pose a political problem for zoos and aquariums?… Read More
But I’m talking just because the animal is, you know, mean kinship is all whacked out, it’s not a reason to euthanize. I think those are excuses and I don’t agree with that at all. And you know, it’s like you tell me that you can’t find a suitable mate… Read More
Yeah, because we haven’t done a good enough job explaining why that might be necessary. And I have to tell you, it bristles my hair on my back when I hear that we euthanize due to genetic issues. I think that’s an excuse, it’s not a reason. I don’t think… Read More
And you might get a lot of people coming in. So that’s the reality of Africa. So you’re in the middle of Africa, you and I kill to get to Africa to go on safari. It’s in their backyard and they can’t afford it. So that makes perfect sense to… Read More
But in some other countries it isn’t like that. It isn’t as robust and they need to stop. They need to say, we shouldn’t be doing this. You talked about euthanization. Read More
But isn’t it ironic, you know, it’s like why are we going to the zoo, we’re right here in Africa?… Read More
You can just drive down the road, you know, 20 clicks and you can be in a wildlife park. Because the community, the individuals can’t afford to go into the wildlife parks. The zoos are affordable to them but the inner city kids have no opportunity. And the director of… Read More