In the article Let's keep our paws off Knut's balls, Peta an animal rights activist group wants to castrate Berlin's male polar bear. Peta believes that this should happen because the mate placed into Knut's bear den shared the same grandfather. Peta is under the impression that this would lead to detrimental inbreeding if the two were to have cubs. But, in this article the writer does not share the same feelings as Peta. They want Peta so to speak to lay of off Knut's nuts. They believe this is just another stunt for Peta to gain fame. If cubs were to be produced by Knut and his mate, then the Berlin zoo would attract more people, and this would help the economy.
I thought this article title was very amusing. The content of the article was definitely interesting. I agree that Peta can be power hungry at times, even though some of the work they do is good. It just goes to show that no matter where in they are in the world Peta will target any area. Just like in Germany with the polar bear conflict, a rather unimportant conflict arose in the United States recently. Peta was trying to argue that the use of the ground hog was unethical for ground hog day, and that it should be released out into the wild. Peta believed that the one day of camera flashing was too stressful for the animal. But, why not go with their solution? Set the ground hog lose in the wild and let it get eaten by a hawk or something. I don't know about you, but I'd rather have one day of camera flashes and have protection, than live the remainder of my life in fear of being eaten.
This article can be found at: http://www.thelocal.de/opinion/20100303-25641.html
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I agree with you about the polar bear and the ground hog. Sometimes Peta can get a little overzealous on issues. I believe that they do good things, too. I'm wondering whether Peta has any female polar bear mates lined up for Knut. One would think that Peta would want the polar bears to breed to help the species.
ReplyDeleteThey are thinking WAY too much in to this. Castrating a polar bear...the only male polar bear in Berlin. I would think this would have the opposite affect they'd be looking for with saving the species.
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