Comments on: The Zoo! http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/2192 State Senator -- 2nd Suffolk and Middlesex -- Democrat Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:18:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Genesee http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/2192#comment-402 Genesee Sun, 09 Aug 2009 07:58:01 +0000 http://willbrownsberger.com/?p=2192#comment-402 I disagree that animals should be imprisoned for our entertainment or education. There are plenty of alternative ways to accomplish both. And whenever and wherever there are financial crunches or other crises, zoos are always on the top of the list for cutbacks (and in many places they are simply abandoned, the animals euthanized or left to starve or to be taken for food by the local population). This is not the first time that the zoos have been threatened by a tight economy in MA. The time is long past due that as an enlightened community we should phase out the zoos. The animals should be placed in sanctuaries where they can live out their lives in more natural surroundings, and any funds currently in the zoo budget should go as donations to those sanctuaries. Children will be easily able to understand and appreciate this humane alternative to their occasional visit to a zoo. The land where the zoo is located will still be available as a recreational resource for the community. I disagree that animals should be imprisoned for our entertainment or education. There are plenty of alternative ways to accomplish both. And whenever and wherever there are financial crunches or other crises, zoos are always on the top of the list for cutbacks (and in many places they are simply abandoned, the animals euthanized or left to starve or to be taken for food by the local population).

This is not the first time that the zoos have been threatened by a tight economy in MA. The time is long past due that as an enlightened community we should phase out the zoos. The animals should be placed in sanctuaries where they can live out their lives in more natural surroundings, and any funds currently in the zoo budget should go as donations to those sanctuaries.

Children will be easily able to understand and appreciate this humane alternative to their occasional visit to a zoo. The land where the zoo is located will still be available as a recreational resource for the community.

]]> By: Kathleen Knisely http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/2192#comment-322 Kathleen Knisely Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:37:23 +0000 http://willbrownsberger.com/?p=2192#comment-322 I share your appreciation of zoos as educational resources as well as recreational. Much to be said for personal contact with endangered animals particularly: people care more when they have experienced personal connections with animals. That said, I take our current financial crisis very very seriously, and I see the zoo as a lower priority than many of the critical human service and public works needs in our state. I trust you to find a balance as we wend our way through this fiscal morass. I share your appreciation of zoos as educational resources as well as recreational. Much to be said for personal contact with endangered animals particularly: people care more when they have experienced personal connections with animals.

That said, I take our current financial crisis very very seriously, and I see the zoo as a lower priority than many of the critical human service and public works needs in our state. I trust you to find a balance as we wend our way through this fiscal morass.

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