I tried to resist posting on this topic, but those magnificent bastards at Best Week Ever posted such an adorable video, that I couldn't help myself. I, like every other sane person in the world, am totally in love with Knut, the polar bear cub who is being raised by zookeepers in Berlin. There are some animal rights activists who feel that the cub should be killed because he's been "tainted" by human contact and could now never survive in the wild or properly interact with other bears. I understand the reasoning behind this argument, but it's not like Knut is going to be dropped off in the wilderness to fend for himself. He's in a zoo. And more importantly, LOOK AT HIM!! Only a heartless scumbag would want to kill something so adorable. Oh sure, he'd be better off dead rather than be raised by humans...if the humans you're talking about are the kind of jerks that would feel good about killing a baby animal.
I tried to resist posting on this topic, but those magnificent bastards at Best Week Ever posted such an adorable video, that I couldn't help myself. I, like every other sane person in the world, am totally in love with Knut, the polar bear cub who is being raised by zookeepers in Berlin. There are some animal rights activists who feel that the cub should be killed because he's been "tainted" by human contact and could now never survive in the wild or properly interact with other bears. I understand the reasoning behind this argument, but it's not like Knut is going to be dropped off in the wilderness to fend for himself. He's in a zoo. And more importantly, LOOK AT HIM!! Only a heartless scumbag would want to kill something so adorable. Oh sure, he'd be better off dead rather than be raised by humans...if the humans you're talking about are the kind of jerks that would feel good about killing a baby animal.
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Sorry, I swear I was a polar bear in my past life, and I feel more loyalty to those majestic beasts than people, often.
Wow - maybe I better not say that, I could have the FBI at my house.
Ok, I won't hunt them down but I will be pissed off and start a campaign against them.
I appreciate their logic, but if the bear is being raised by zookeepers and will ultimately make its home in a zoo, then I'm all for that.