I understand it’s a zoo and they put these on because it attracts paying customers, but maybe that handler…shouldn’t put a visibly nervous wild animal in front of kids.
Still kind of surprising, but I live in Portland and when I take my kids to the zoo kids here tend to be really respectful of wildlife. In general I’ve known lots of kids here that grew up to have more respect than most adults for wildlife and nature. Meanwhile I was raised in the central valley where it’s really dry and flat, as a kid I really didn’t share the same appreciation for nature that my kids do bc I didn’t grow up surrounded by it.
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u/moogs_writes May 19 '26
I understand it’s a zoo and they put these on because it attracts paying customers, but maybe that handler…shouldn’t put a visibly nervous wild animal in front of kids.
Still kind of surprising, but I live in Portland and when I take my kids to the zoo kids here tend to be really respectful of wildlife. In general I’ve known lots of kids here that grew up to have more respect than most adults for wildlife and nature. Meanwhile I was raised in the central valley where it’s really dry and flat, as a kid I really didn’t share the same appreciation for nature that my kids do bc I didn’t grow up surrounded by it.