Initially after reading Rikki
Tikki Tavi, I thought all of the pieces we were reading or watching were
going to be sweet, touching, animal tales because Rikki Tikki’s story was so
heroic, followed by Binti’s story in “Primal Compassion”. It truly astounds me
how motherly Binti seemed to have acted towards the child that fell. I would be
interested in seeing the pictures that the grandfather took during the whole
thing. Although, I was a little confused to as why the parents just stood there.
If it were my kid I would have freaked out trying to get my kid back…which
probably would have scared the gorilla and made everything worse. So I’m glad
it wasn’t me.
But I can
see the slope we’re getting at here. Start us off all high and happy about how
great animals can be and then tear us down about how awful we are to them.
Touché, Barbara. Well, actually, “Tango Makes Three” was kind of a random piece
in there because it was more about how the children’s book was nearly banned in
many places, not so much about the penguins themselves. Although I did find it
interesting how the two males, Roy and Silo, cared for the baby penguin. I’ve
never really thought about homosexuality in animals. I mean some species only
have one gender…what do you call them? I really think that people are too
sensitive about things like this. I don’t want my future child watching gay
porn, or any porn for that matter, but honestly by that point in technology, if
they want to see it, they probably will whether I like it or not.
Now off the
porn subject. Yikes. Oh yeah…this downhill slope of my conscience. First of
all, I love cats. Dogs are my favorite, but I do enjoy a good kitty to play
with. And I think the Trap-Neuter-Release idea in “Don’t fear the ferals” is a
fabulous plan. It seems to save money and then there hopefully wont be so many
cats running amuck and having to be
euthanized. It just shows there are better ways out there.
As for
SeaWorld and the “Blackfish” trailer, jiminy Christmas. I’ve never been to SeaWorld
myself, or really looked into it much, but I’ve only heard bad things about it.
My question is, if it is so well known of what goes on there, why do people
keep it in business by going there and supporting what goes on? It’s
ridiculous. And based on what little I know about it, it seems pretty obvious
that it wasn’t the orca’s fault what happened to the trainer. Wild animals
SHOULD NOT BE HELD IN CAPTIVITY. Unless it is briefly for science’s sake, and
even then it’s iffy. We have enough entertainment between cell phones,
internet, TV, sports, movies, games, etc.; why do we need to entertain
ourselves watching wild animals lay around in a confined area? Freaking watch
the National Geographic channel or the Discovery channel if you want to see
wild animals. At least they will be doing interesting things in those shows.
“20 Pounds”
was interesting to me because I love to go fishing every chance I get. However,
I tend to fish well-stocked, non-endangered fishies, so I am hoping that makes
it okay. I’m happy to know that this special, large, species, Lahontan
Cutthroat trout is still alive and kicking.
And then
there’s “The Scarecrow”...
I don’t know if it was Chipolte’s purpose to make me cry,
but it did. Those eyes on the cow as the scarecrow looked in really did it for
me. So sad. This video was a good wrap up actually, regardless of its
depressing song and mood, because it tore me down making me never want to have
dairy again, but then it gave a good solution for the problem at the end, which
I loved. “Cultivate a Better World”. And that pretty much sums up the solution
for every problem we read about.
As if its that easy.
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