Posted: Feb 20, 2020 5:55 pm
While not giving ignorant tourists a free pass, I don't think it's very realistic (although it IS very Thai) to blame foreigners for everything. It's Thai people capturing and caging the animals, Thai people putting animals in dire conditions, Thai people paying to view the animals, and Thai people profiting from it.
One of the worst things I've seen at a zoo was a sunbear engaging in repetitive behaviors that was downright disturbing, swinging back and forth on its hind legs in a stupid little enclosure with no coverage at all, and seeing crowds of people laughing at it. It's the kind of scene that can make you fall in hatred of a species.
One of the worst things I've seen at a zoo was a sunbear engaging in repetitive behaviors that was downright disturbing, swinging back and forth on its hind legs in a stupid little enclosure with no coverage at all, and seeing crowds of people laughing at it. It's the kind of scene that can make you fall in hatred of a species.