The Summary: Good afternoon VegNews Book Clubbers! We are now at the end of our second week of reading Fear of the Animal Planet by Jason Hribal. Thanks for the discussion this week—I appreciate the participation.
For this week's discussion, I asked you two questions—if you have any regrets from your past that may have negatively impacted animals, and your response to zoo keepers saying that they are helping animals. It sounds like we all have some regrets from our childhood regarding our treatment of animals, but the main one was visiting places where animals are exhibited or used for entertainment. Regarding the second question, it was agreed upon that zoo keepers think they are doing the right thing, but in a very biased sense—they don't want to consider any other point of view. From what we've read so far in the book, it seems like zoo keepers are in denial about how they are treating animals. These captive animals are obviously not happy, which is why there have been so many escape attempts and attacks in the history of zoos.
I hope you guys are enjoying the book so far. We will be discussing the next chapter next week—have a great weekend!
~VN Book Club Hostess Lyndsay Orwig
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