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Cultivating Wild Bonds in Childhood

26 Wednesday May 2010

Posted by Anastasia in Interspecies Community

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animal bond, animal experience, children and wildlife, endangered species, nature experience, nature reserves, online zoo, urban parks, urban wildlife, wildlife appreciation, wildlife documentaries, wildlife education, wildlife refuges, zoo, zoo industrial complex, zoological gaze

In an effort trying to preserve the imperialist zoological gaze, BBC opened an “online zoo” in September 2009.  I actually found out about this via PETA’s blog, where the author described it as “the zoo of the future.”  The “zoo”

The endangered Litoria Sauroni amphibian found by BBC wildlife team inside the extinct Mount Bosavi volcano in Papua New Guinea. Photograph: Ulla Lohmann/BBC

is actually an online video gallery of animals from all over the world, all animals belonging to groups who are endangered of extinction.  It’s unfortunate that both PETA and BBC use the term “zoo” to describe this project, thereby retaining the notion of zoo in society as acceptable.  I just wish radical positive change in our relationship with other animals would actually happen.  An idealist wish, yes, but not impossible. Continue reading →

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