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Originally Posted by Locke
Not going to delve into "I went to a Zoo and the animals were fine!" Because thats a whole other Gordian knot of issues.
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I dunno what a Gordian knot is, but to clarify, they're not fine. They're wild tigers and they're in cages. They're not fine. It's not a complicated issue.
The point is that Tiger King paints BCR, Joe Exotic's facility, and a few others to all be the same. That could not be further from the truth. I have been to several other locations in the US that housed big cats, but never anything close to Joe Exotic's neighbourhood. Sounds like you've been to BCR and some of these facilities as well, so I await your take on it.
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Originally Posted by Locke
Well...true. To a certain degree. The Documentary veered off course from the Tigers pretty quickly, but I think that says more about the legislation that apparently any old idiot can get their hands on a Tiger and other exotic animals and just call themselves a Zoo.
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Huh? That is the very reason that it
shouldn't have veered off course. 7 straight episodes of Jerry Springer is more entertaining than examining the plight of cats. End of story.
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Originally Posted by Locke
Sure, you can argue the sensationalism for the sake of entertainment but I wouldnt let anyone on that show look after my dog for a weekend let alone be in charge of a collection of highly specialized animals.
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You wouldn't "let" BCR, Wildcat Sanctuary, et al. save cats from roadside zoos where hillbillies are trying to breed white tigers, ligers and tigons? Good thing they don't need your permission. If Tiger King is all you're basing this statement on, you have no clue who at BCR or Wildcat has what qualifications to do anything. What's funny about all of this is that if in any discussion you sub Wildcat Sanctuary for BCR, now nobody has anything to say despite the facilities operating identically... because all anybody knows is what biased people in a Netflix show said for the purposes of entertainment.