Reddit Animals

MAY 2, 2023

I am posting this here because they had an exhibit of skinny pigs billed as “African naked mole rats.” This was the same for many other of the animals there: potbelly pigs, a sad otter, rabbits, chickens and Bengal cats. The skinny pigs had no enclosures.

Campaign 52

Campaign Pigs Otters Rabbits 52

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2013

Normally I feed vultures, as well as hawks and owls, defrosted mice and rats. He ate through my remaining supply of rats and mice, as well as all my pinkies (hairless, day-old rodents, easily digestible and good for starvation cases). He then ate a screech owl, a robin, two squirrels, a mourning dove, three chipmunks, and a rabbit.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 205

Wildlife Rehabilitation Rodents Mice Rats 205

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

One of the first examples I ever encountered was in the books of Gerald Durrell, the famous conservationist who was an early pioneer of the roles of zoos in conservation. He often defended that role in his books from animal rights activists who opposed “imprisoning” animals in zoos even if it saved them from extinction.

Animal Rights 267

Animal Rights Rights New Zealand Animal 267

10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

There are the endemics, which are odd in their own way, and then there introduced species, which are so varied in their type and origin that you get the feeling you’ve arrived at the aftermath of a small zoo that escaped. Rabbits are still an agricultural pest. In many ways, that is exactly what happened.

New Zealand 162

New Zealand Possums Rabbits Ferrets 162