The key to holding zoos and safari parks accountable in their standards of care — today and for years to come — is to encourage the general public, especially youngsters, to see the benefit of ensuring all animals held in captivity receive good care and welfare.
Category: Zoos
Shamwari Diaries: Interval — Big Cats in captivity
One topic that I’ve never shied away from on this blog is that of wild animals in captivity. This week, I attempt to untangle the challenges and moral obligation of each of the places that have come to house lions; game reserves, zoos, sanctuaries, lion farms and ‘the wild’,
Jumbo the elephant: the story of London Zoo’s most famous resident
“For nearly 15 years after he arrived at the London zoo Jumbo gave very little trouble, made the turnstiles click profitably, and was a source
Making Nature exhibition
Making Nature is an exhibition I recently visited at the Wellcome Galleries in Euston. It provides an intriguing look at the evolving relationship between humans and nature.
Harambe the silverback gorilla and the question of captivity
Every so often, an individual animal comes along, whose plight opens up a big debate concerning how humans react to, interfere with, or ‘manage’ animal
Conservation: the cons, count downs and continuations
Unsurprisingly, BBC Wildlife magazine is a favourite of mine. I’ve long enjoyed the columns and comments from BBC animal activist favourites, such as Simon King,
Be the one traveler, long I stood
I believe in journeys. I believe in journeys because they bring change and challenge and movement. Journeys bring progress. They bring knowledge and hunger and
The Elephant in the Room
To me, the best kind of an education comes from something that moves you. Something that stays with you long after you first discover or
A lifelong love of animals
After a busy few weeks in the grips of Summer holidays and mid summer magazine deadlines, I’ve accidentally found myself re-visiting where my passions and
I suppose it all starts with zoos…
Bright green eyes stare out from a neatly tangled criss-cross of metal. Green metal. Green like grass, leaves, trees. The view is skewed from those