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10/24/2005 ☞.Taronga ZooWhen I was a little girl, I started to hate zoos very much. I hated the smelly and exhausted animals. Even they being washed every day, even they doing nothing every time, I could obviously feel the desperation of them through their tired eyes, which made me woeful in my heart.
Yesterday, after I made my mind to have a look of the Taronga Zoo, I started to feel upset. My friends and I took a ferry from Circular Quay and within fifteen minutes we arrived. The zoo is located on a penisular in Sydney Harbour, on a hill. Strictly speaking, the whole hill is covered by the zoo. I was so glad to see that there were no traditional cube cages arranged in order and luckily saw a koala jump from one tree to another. Giraffes and echidnas were having their meals and had no time to notice us, but when I stood in front of gorillas I didn't dear to see straight in their eyes.
I couldn't describe my mixture feelings. I felt happy because I had a trip with my friends and saw many animals I've never seen before. However, I couldn't help to stop thinking the hopeless and painful eyes. On one hand, I knew we -- the tourists -- were the chief culprit of it and I felt very guilty. One the other hand, I tried to shirk the responsibility to the society to ease my uncomfortable feelins and deceive myself to believe it would be a better way to introduce children about wild animals, to give people a chance to be close to nature and to protect animals from extinction, in future. Comments (3)
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