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Greenville, being a "can-do" city, is likely to improve the zoo and make it great rather than fold and just close the existing zoo.
Exactly. The zoo is just OK now, Greenville recognizes that, and that's why they are looking to open a new zoo or expand. Only positive. Nice to live in a "Can Do" city that recognizes shortcomings and actively works to improve / change them.
I still like the Roper Mountain idea. There's GOT to be enough acreage there somewhere.
I do not know if Roper Mountain Science Center has room remaining to accomodate a zoo. Also, the rest of Roper Mountain is comprised of commercial developments and Huntington Downs.
50 acres is still very small for a zoo. The current zoo is a sad embarrassment, a 50 year old relic from when animals were treated like objects in a museum.
I say give all the animals away to more suitable surroundings, like the 1,400 acre habitat at the North Carolina zoo, the largest "walk-through" natural-habitat zoo in the world - an actual world class facility. Then expand Cleveland Park into the current zoo location.
Close the current tragedy that Greenville calls a zoo for good. Tax dollars should not be spent on this.
Agree 5000%!
SC is a relatively small state. Riverbanks is a GREAT zoo that the entire state should be proud of. The taxpayers of Greenville have no business in the exotic animal care business.
I don't think bigger always means better. My favorite thing about the Greenville Zoo is its size. With two small children, the size is perfect for an all day or hour long outing.
I don't think bigger always means better. My favorite thing about the Greenville Zoo is its size. With two small children, the size is perfect for an all day or hour long outing.
I don't think bigger always means better. My favorite thing about the Greenville Zoo is its size. With two small children, the size is perfect for an all day or hour long outing.
I think bigger is better if your the animal stuck in that cramped space 24/7/365 for the rest of your life. The fact that this was your first post and now have 17 rep points, presumably from other locals, is testament to people's complete lack of empathy for what these animals are going through at the Greenville Zoo.
It's hard for me to understand that in 2011 so many people don't get how incredibly cruel this zoo is. It saddens me that so many children go through this zoo, learning that this is an acceptable way to treat animals. No wonder the local animal shelter was putting down hundreds, sometimes thousands of animals a month.
I don't think bigger always means better. My favorite thing about the Greenville Zoo is its size. With two small children, the size is perfect for an all day or hour long outing.
You can see it that way if you only have your own interest in mind and don't care about the animals. A very selfish reason in my opinion. I understood if you said that about a museum but we are talking about animals here. Living creatures that shouldn't live a life just to entertain us wannabe better humans.
You can see it that way if you only have your own interest in mind and don't care about the animals. A very selfish reason in my opinion. I understood if you said that about a museum but we are talking about animals here. Living creatures that shouldn't live a life just to entertain us wannabe better humans.
Shouldn't that be, "educate" as well as/instead of "entertain"? Regardless of your personal views, the zoo still provides a valuable service.
I think it's sad that we have groups like PETA, yet we treat our own kind so badly without concern. Watch the news, it's just entertainment filled with people hurting other people. Would it be better if the animals were out in the wild being hunted?
Shouldn't that be, "educate" as well as/instead of "entertain"? Regardless of your personal views, the zoo still provides a valuable service.
Well, of course it educates to a certain degree. But the problem here is who is paying the price for that. It's certainly not the humans and that is what is not alright.
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A very selfish reason in my opinion. I understood if you said that about a museum but we are talking about animals here. Living creatures that shouldn't live a life just to entertain us wannabe better humans.
