My Dad wouldn't take me to the zoo in case they wouldn't let me out again but now I've been with my mates. When we asked if there were any elephant rides, the lady was all snooty and said the zoo isn't an amusement park and their work was care and conservation. She talked as if we weren't welcome and we should just slide our entrance money under the door and bugger off.
2006-09-07 00:12:29 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
I think your quetion was fair but ignorant , and she may of been snooty with you because it was very close to a sore nerve.
Animals are kept in captivity because in the wild they would be killed, although they are preserved, they could never be given the treatment that freedom in their natural environment would allow...
An example being that elephants have been known to travel over 50 miles in a day!! ~ And i can't see that happening in a Zoo.
But keeping wild animals on display to ride or whatever is the lesser of two evils, as its better than hunting them to extinction.
2006-09-07 00:30:48 · answer #1 · answered by true_strike 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The lady should have been nicer. But having said that...
Zoos don't usually offer elephant rides. That's something you're more likely to find at a circus and even then, it's not a sure thing.
It takes a specially trained elephant to let somebody get on it's back.
But you have every right to ask that question. You never know what's allowed unless you ask, right?
2006-09-07 00:18:06 · answer #2 · answered by spindoccc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some adults dont like kids and she probably pissed you didn't understand what the zoo was for. But you have a right to be there like everybody else as long as you behave so you shoulda asked her where the bumper cars were after the elephant ride question. By the way the zoo by my house has elephant and camel rides so she's dumb.
2006-09-07 00:15:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
she is a snob zoos are places kids go to look at animals. how is putting an elephant in a cage looking after it, they don't conservation is something which is done in the wild not in zoos. surely giving rides would encourage people to care for animals.
I suggest you cut the letter below and send to the zoo.
" I really enjoyed looking at the elephants and want to start collecting ivory. When I grow up I want to shoot elephants because they are big and cool. I would like to farm them too for their ivory and give children rides but I'd cut their trunks off so they can't hurt anyone."
2006-09-07 02:59:01 · answer #4 · answered by onapizzadiet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless these days they don't have rides due to conservationists I think your question was reasonable.
Taronga Park Zoo in Sydney Australia had rides when I was a kid.
That was a long time ago though.
2006-09-07 00:17:10 · answer #5 · answered by witchfromoz2003 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An elephant is a living thing, not a fairground ride and should be treated with respect, maybe that is why she got so upset...
2006-09-07 00:26:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
cool down man, why do you take that to heart...
in any zoo there is no permission for what you asked, why do you blame her then,'
your question was actually over the limit...
take it easy boy...
enjoy the rest.
2006-09-07 00:14:23 · answer #7 · answered by MADDY 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lets hope the elephant tramples her....lol
2006-09-07 00:14:31 · answer #8 · answered by David S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think this is a wind up. if you want a ride its the camels you have to go for
2006-09-07 00:19:10 · answer #9 · answered by keefer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you were horribly wrong. You should never step foot in there again.
2006-09-07 01:25:29 · answer #10 · answered by Ricky 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋