octocat wrote:ccelestia wrote:octocat wrote:
I think people have made him/the show into a meme, and all the jokes are kind of taking away from how much seriously messed up shit is actually going on. And I think the show kind of minimized how abused these poor animals actually are
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i really would've liked to see a more animal-focused version of the show and i think that the wildlife conservation aspect of it should've been more emphasized
bc now some dumb americans are gonna completely miss the point and want these cats to themselves (or at least continue romanticizing the idea of owning exotic animals)
Yes, it was a bit all over the place with most focus on the drama. It would've been really interesting to see a professional talk about the situation.
It's insane that so few people picked up on the fact that there are
more tigers living & being bred in the US than there are tigers in the wild
big cats are not cute pets jfc
i know just that fact itself literally made me my stomach turn