tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251755.post116880663112725057..comments2023-08-10T02:35:48.311-07:00Comments on My Sandmen: When Liberal Worlds Collide...Welocme to Oregon, Part IIMr.Atoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11531644043944267693noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251755.post-20876955039989844682007-03-01T01:31:00.000-08:002007-03-01T01:31:00.000-08:00Hopefully the elephants at the Oregon Zoo will not...Hopefully the elephants at the Oregon Zoo will not share the fate of the two that used to call Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo home. The animal "rights" nuts have been wanting the elephants out of the zoo for years. The arguement for not having elephants at LPZ was that the zoo didn't have enough room for them. Never mind that there had been elephants there the whole time there has been a zoo there. They had only two elephants left until recently when one died (most likely due to old age) but of course the nuts couldn't accept that. So the pressure was on the zoo to remove the remaining one (no one remembered that there was enough room with only one elephant) now it was cruel to only have the one. It was a top story for weeks in the local media. So the zoo relents and tries to ship the poor creature out at night (they didn't tell anybody to keep the press away)also it is was the middle of the winter. The elephant died in the truck before it had even gotten out of the suburbs. <BR/>So now the Lincoln Park Zoo will never have elephants again (unless we can put this PC nonsense out to pasture). Now Chicago school kids will not see a real elephant in Chicago (the nuts are at work trying to shut down the annual Ringing Bros. Circus). (Thankfully Brookfield Zoo in the western suburbs still has elephants, but chicago schools don't go there).rich bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16167262259171396299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251755.post-1168833180797379092007-01-14T19:53:00.000-08:002007-01-14T19:53:00.000-08:00Well said.A few thoughts: Animal rights groups hav...Well said.<BR/><BR/>A few thoughts: Animal rights groups have been attacking zoos for more than a couple of years, so I don't think zoos are feeling too warm and fuzzy about them right about now. Sure, there may be some common ground, but no one likes "friends" who kick him or her in the teeth at every turn.<BR/><BR/>Not to worry about your zoo (or your elephants), most people can see through this calculated effort to hurt the zoo. Portland has a very nice community zoo and it's clear that the staff care deeply about the animals in their care. <BR/><BR/>This latest PR campaign launched against the zoo is identical to the one that animal rights groups launched in the late 1990s. Back then it was a well-conceived attack on aquariums and marine parks--but only those parks that featured dolphins and killer whales. The animal rights groups lost that war... however, they made A LOT of money, and received A LOT of media attention (which translated into A LOT of new members). <BR/><BR/>Some reporters see through these obvious PR campaigns and steer clear because they don't like being used. Others are happy to be the mouthpiece of the animal rights groups. But why would some media allow themselves to be used? Because some love nothing more than a good brawl. What the animal rights groups say doesn't have to be true; it just has to be said with conviction. Some media, in their zeal to be first, will print/broadcast anything if it sizzles. Again, it doesn't have to be true.<BR/><BR/>So now animal rights activists are turning their attention to their new cash cow: elephants (every one loves Dumbo, right?) <BR/><BR/>I believe that Portlanders are smart and will see right through this. Oregonians don't like bullying and one of their favorite icons is being punched in the mouth and is bleeding. <BR/><BR/>Portlanders know this is much more about the almighty dollar than pachyderm podiatry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com