SuddenlySimple t1_iwys2g8 wrote on November 19, 2022 at 11:49 AM

Reply to comment by therealDrA in Providence the giraffe arrives at Roger Williams Park Zoo by therealDrA

Can you expand on what you thought was nice about it?

When I went in 2019...most enclosures were "empty" (and they charge quite a bit of money to walk thru their empty zoo).

There was more dirt in the living quarters of the animals than water or foliage.

Every animal I tried to view was either hiding or laying down far away from the spectators.

I left there feeling SO SAD for the animals because I had been in 1980's and it was much, much better and the animals were much, much happier.

I never agreed with "zoos" to begin with...but because I brought my kids there when they were little I wanted to have some Nostalgia and I seriously left there so SAD.

therealDrA OP t1_iwzktog wrote on November 19, 2022 at 4:15 PM

There are many contradictions in your comments simple. For example, you complain about the shows being taken away at the aquarium yet those shows are some of the most inhumane things done to animals. Yet you are complaining about animal treatment. You complain about animals "hiding" but maybe they were resting rather than being forced to parade around. They have comfortable spaces to just be themselves. Meet the animals on their terms not yours...it is not all about you.

SuddenlySimple t1_iwzlma9 wrote on November 19, 2022 at 4:21 PM

I dont care what you think about my thoughts and i think animals love to play and be rewarded.

I said its a shit hole compared to how it used to be and im not lying.