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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2008 12:58:39 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Zoos: Why a Revolution is Necessary to Justify Them]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Watching a Siberian tiger kill a grey squirrel for a half-hour proved to be one of my most enlightening experiences at a zoo.  It was a weekday; I was alone, not even an employee passed by.  The tiger pounced on the squirrel, flipped it into the air like a juggler&#x27;s ball, pinned it and rolled it.  A short reprieve from this unlikely encounter and the bloodied, half-crushed squirrel attempted an escape, dragging itself across the grass; the tiger watched curiously, let it go a few feet then pounced again.  My whole self suffered over the squirrel&#x27;s pain and torture while marveling in the same instance at the tiger&#x27;s power, the ease with which it knocked the rodent along the ground.  Here in an institution where nature is faked was a relatively truthful half-hour: nature&#x27;s brutality, grace, ugliness, awe, beauty, and tragedy were reveled.  I never could conclude whether the Asian terror was just playing or if it simply lacked the knowledge (as has been proven with many captive cats) to finish off the squirrel.  Either way, it took a long time for the rodent to die.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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