A three-year old boy’s trip to the zoo went from
entertaining to life threatening when he fell from the railing at the Jaguar
exhibit in the Little Rock, Arkansas Zoo last week. The little boy was
examining the jaguars when he leaned over too far and slipped in between the
railing, tumbling down 15-16 feet and into the cats’ habitat. His grandfather
and father, who quickly acted, trying to rescue the boy before animals spotted
him, were watching the child. The exhibit contained two jaguars; they were said
to have bit the child on the foot and near the neck. Zookeepers warded off the
animals by using fire extinguishers while officials rescued the child from
below. While his condition is not serious, the child has a scalp laceration and
a depressed skull fracture. Officials have stated that there will be a full
investigation to take place within the next week in order to assure Little Rock
citizens that the zoo is indeed now safe.
I think this relates to APUSH in the way that we have
possibly treated animals in the wrong ways over the course of history. We began
using animals for lamp-shades and carpets, hunted them to extinction, and
enclosed them in areas that causes them to act out. For example, companies like
Sea World have manipulated the public by lying to them and saying the whales
are truly healthy, when, thanks to the documentary Black Fish, we see that they
treat the whales in an inhumane manner. Although the boy’s fall could have been
prevented, it still highlights that we add unnecessary risks when we import and
confine animals in unnatural habitats for purposes like money and entertainment.
Read more at http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/11/us/child-injured-zoo/index.html?hpt=us_c2
Written by Elizabeth Muscari (p6)
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