WCBS-TV reports: Cash-Strapped Bronx Zoo Lays Off Animals
by JOSH LANDIS, CBS 2 News
NEW YORK (CBS) ―
For the two million people who visit the Bronx Zoo each year, the view is about to change.
A bunch of animals are getting fired!
If these animals could talk, they would have something to say, because their days at the zoo are numbered.
"We had decisions that needed to be made about old exhibits, and at the same time we needed to deal with the fiscal reality which is upon us," John Cavalli, of the Wildlife Conservation Society, says.
...etcetera. This nitwit story excludes the question that ought to be on the tip of everyone's tongue: What's going to happen to the animals?
Consider the choices: euthanasia; sending them to some other zoo; sending them back to the wild (where their chances of survival would be slim); turning them over to some private "rescue" farm.
These are not trivial choices, and why the hell would a major-league TV station run this story without answering such an obvious question?
By the way, I emailed WCBS to ask, and as you might expect, have been ignored.
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