I'm happy that many zoos have phased out elephants, though I don't know if be comfortable removing them totally from captivity. Elephants and rhinos are being mowed down by poachers in protected wildlife preserves. Many endangered species exist in areas that have great political unrest. The idea that we can save them…

No, the animal was tranq’d after the attack most likely, what happened must be that a containment door was accidentally opened while the keeper was inside. For the zoos sake, let's hope it was keeper error and not equipment malfunction ( i.e. Door breaking and opening while keeper was inside and unable to exit holding…

I’ve worked with leopards, no way I’d want to walk into a back holding that had automated gates. I’d be master locking that shit as a backup. I saw a shift door get knocked off its track once too, I refused to work in the building until a double containment was created.

The zoo I worked for was s non-profit that was almost always in the red and depended on millions of dollars in state funding. But tell me more about how they are such good money makers!

Except that animals are going extinct now. Not tommorow.

So you are saying an animal only has value if released into the wild? A lot of zoos are moving away from housing the popular African species. Many Zoos are phasing out elephants as we speak. Are you against zoos because of what they used to be? Can they not adapt and change? I can’t speak for every lion, but no, I do…

What ethics? Be more specific. I worked at a zoo for 6 years, my time was spent aiding in breeding endangered species, tirelessly out talking to guests and doing educational programs, going out tracking local threatened turtle populations, planting lupine for threatened native butterflies. I even was funded by my zoo…

I can assure you zookeepers understand that large cats will kill them. It’s likely this cat was not supposed to be in the same space as the keeper.

Sucess isn’t necessarily defined by current reintroduction. The Amur leopard wild population is at under 45 individuals, with less than a dozen females. Zoos and private facilities are maintaining a genetically diverse population of about 200. Currently they are attempting to find a suitable area in Russia to…

No kidding. People don't realize that sanctuaries are just dumping grounds for exotic pets and circus animals after the owners have no use for them. They aren't designed to promote conservation. A large sanctuary might be a good fit for an animal that cannot be provided for adequately at a zoo ( like an elephant),…

The Bronx zoo led the successful captive breeding and reintroduction program for the American Bison. The reintroduction of the California condor was led by the Sandiego Zoo and LA zoo. The Cheyenne mountain zoo was instrumental in the breeding and reintroduction of the black footed ferret. The Panamanian Goldman frog…

Except that zoos don’t really make money off animals, some can hardly pay their staff a living wage. A lot of the larger zoos that do have $ actually fund amazing conservation efforts locally and abroad, and have fantastic educational programs. Sanctuaries don’t actually do anything to promote conservation, most large…

I just watched the first season and MIND BLOWN. Loved it. I'm currently on book three. I've decide I'm going back in time to marry s man in a kilt as well.

Agreed. He can articulate what the problem is and needs to be done. He has ideas on how to solve it...what that legislation would be, you know, would have to go through congress. Which is a pipe dream. With Hillary, we already know she doesn’t give a shit, wants to continue murdering people in the middleast and…

Or the last time he was on the subway they used tokens. Make sense, the part about living in Vermont and then Washington, where he probably doesn't like, ever ride the subway.

I'm just trying not to laugh. So sander's hasn't ridden a subway since they used tokens? This is news? Who cares. I don't give a shit whether the NYC subway uses tokens or cards. People don't give a shit about the metro, cause most of us don't fucking ride it.

You are a total piece of shit. Pay attention to me illnesses? Am I really reading this on Jezebel?

You can’t possibly understand unless it's happened to you. I was motivated, hardworking and driven. Great job, plans, loving life. I'd like these people to tell me again about how becoming bedridden for 7 months in excruciating pain was just me being depressed.

The sad part is the testing is so inaccurate, that a lot of people don't get proper treatment. The false negative rate on Lyme testing is really high. I had a bulls eye rash after a tick bite and my test was negative for years. I seroconverted after I started treatment, so yes, it could be very manageable if caught…

I know this is an older post, but there are lots of reasons why antibiotics might not work. Lyme leaves your blood stream for areas like the joints, and it’s very hard for antibiotics to reach those areas, especially if left untreated for a long time. Lyme bacteria uses magnesium and not iron, so the bacteria don’t…