um.. I have never been where your talking about, nor do I know much about any of this stuff but as a bystander reading this...
your not talking about lack of food and water, obscene amounts of poo, sores or sick or dying animals... almost every negative youve seem to have offered an explanation for. 'Theres a drought' but the place is dirt... ? its feet were overgrown but the sign explained...? I recently reported a pet shop to the rspca and was told that in order for them to act there had to be clear cases of neglect where animals lives were in immediate risk. (I was rather upset that animals being kept in uncomfortable conditions didnt seem to count as neglect but I guess even the RSPCA have to prioritise? (in the pet shop case there were starving baby birds, dead fish in green tanks, over crowded bird cages, point of lay chooks in a 2 foot fishtank, and rats and mice with no water or food at all and they did say that they would act on it.... but even then it would still take two days before they could get someone out there.... ) perhaps after seeing that kind of stuff Ive become a little less harsh on people trying to do the right thing when compared to these people who are only in it for the money and really dont seem to care one tiny bit about the animals. Im certainly not trying to offend anyone.. just spouting my opinion really...
the very first post said about how wonderful that your little boy got to hold those very same baby crocs that your complaining about the living conditions of. Theres a bit of a questionable point there for me, firstly I dont agree with excessive handling of the poor things in the first place but if they are being handled everyday then obviously they are in pretty good health to handle that kind of stress and be put in the publics hands on a daily basis?
Dont get me wrong, Im not having a go at anyone, I just think those who are trying to do the right thing should be given a fair go. Educating people about animals is an important thing that costs an awful lot of money and is something that not many of us can undertake on a scale that these parks do. Admittedly there are some people out there that do the wrong thing but the intent of a place like that kind of has to stem from a love and respect of animals doesnt it? I moved my turtle outside recently as the weather has gotten warmer, within two weeks his tank was green and his shell was the same even though I clean him out all the time and added another filter, the sun does its job really quickly lol, I cant imagine how hard it would be to keep massive enclosures crystal clear let alone catching the turtles that live in it!... which by the way would hardly be natural anyway, it might look nice for us but surely its much more like a river environment with a bit of green? *I do not know anything about keeping crocs and am not claiming to... like I say, just my opinion.
sorry for the rant lol I think Im still rather affected by the whole pet shop drama recently
