Battle over Bengals at Panaewa Rainforest Zoo & Ga

[Andy]

I worked in conservation aviculture for many years both privately and for a very large and well respected zoological institution. There would be no Nene if it wasn't for zoos and backyard breeders (trying to keep it Hawaii) many other species only survive today in zoos and private aviculture due to basically too many humans. We are the bottom line reason these species are going extinct. Being a former zoo employee, I find myself conflicted about captivity (which any good zookeeper would be) I worked with species at my home that were functionally extinct in the wild. What kind of future would these birds have? I formed small groups of other aviculturists and we worked together to make sure they persist in pure form until that magical day comes when we return them to their homelands. If you care about animals, stop having kids. Bottom line. And keep Jesus out of birth control distribution in third world countries.
The Hilo Zoo needs to get accredited or shut down. The only reason they could have for the Tigers is wanting more attendance in my cynical, former zoo person pov.