We stuff and display animals, Saunders argues, so that we may live untroubled lives, surrounded by sacrifices that embody "the production of permanence," even as wilderness itself disappears.
It's a look that feels like "J'accuse!" Here in this freakish display animals like this chimpanzee are just another attraction for bored tourists.
On one hand, it strikes me as appallingly prideful to display animals as trophies in a manner that seems to boast: Look at this magnificent creature I was able to slaughter because I am superior.
He has also produced glass-fronted shelves filled with hundreds of bottles and boxes of drugs, cabinets displaying animal skeletons and paintings of colorful dots and swirls.
Even the rarity of divorce among displaying animals is no argument against this theory, Dr. Miller said.
"This tragedy is exactly why Peta urges families to stay away from any facility that displays animals as sideshows for humans to gawk at," the statement said.
"Zoos are no longer just about displaying animals for the sake of people looking after them.
The privately run park believes zoos are no longer just about displaying animals, but have a valuable role in saving species.
For instance, activists claim that by displaying animals in a captive context gives the impression that animals belong in exhibits.
Baskin sued Exotic in 2011, claiming trademark infringement after he began displaying animals using the name "Big Cat Rescue Entertainment," the Tampa Bay Business Journal reported at the time.
