>> I thought about this. The GFM habitats are really special places, and in >> some ways far removed from a 'zoo' setting. They harbour animals that >> have been injured or are not fit to return to the wild for whatever >> reason. Keeping animals confined goes right against my grain and I really >> don't like it. However, there are good reasons (as GFM) for a lot and so >> it happens. I suppose GFM thought about the signs, and simply putting >> 'feeding time' on there would have engendered a 'zoo' feeling, and they >> obviously are trying to get away from that image (and successfully IMO). >> These animals would normally capture their prey in the wild, and so >> simply survive. This process can be called enrichment, so in that sense - >> and given that they are not actually in the wild as such - they are >> undergoing an 'aided' enrichment thanks to caring human benefactors. >> 'Enrichment' sits fine with me. >> >> But it *is* very American ;-) > >I think it's fantastic that it was implemented because often it's the case >that someone comes up with a forward-thinking idea, which gets killed by the >change-loathing status quo. Plus the unplanned bonus that the 'unusualness' >of its phrasing makes people talk about it- great for awareness building.. > >Cheers, >Ryan
Holy cop-out Batman, you're full a the same crap as I am! LOL Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _____________________________
