Thank god I don't live in motherfucking Minnesota.
This makes me so angry.
The short version: family goes to the Minnesota zoo. They don't watch their 9 year old, who climbs over a rock barrier and a 4 foot glass barrier to get into the meerkat exhibit.
The meerkats get spooked, and one bites her.
The family refuses to have the daughter vaccinated for rabies, and as a result, the zoo kills five meerkats to have them tested-- two parents and three babes.
I'm writing an angry letter. I know it's too late, but I am pissed off.
ETA:: It appears that the Minnesota Zoo had little choice in euthanizing the animals-- they were bound by law to do so after the child's parents refused to get their child tested/vaccinated. If you're going to write a letter (because I certainly am), you can write to the Minnesota Department of Public Health.
The short version: family goes to the Minnesota zoo. They don't watch their 9 year old, who climbs over a rock barrier and a 4 foot glass barrier to get into the meerkat exhibit.
The meerkats get spooked, and one bites her.
The family refuses to have the daughter vaccinated for rabies, and as a result, the zoo kills five meerkats to have them tested-- two parents and three babes.
The entire family of meerkats was destroyed because it is unknown which one bit the girl, Fisher said, adding that there is little to no chance that the animals carried the disease.That makes no sense! The stupid fucking bastards wouldn't test their child for rabies that her own stupidity might have caused, and so the animals have to suffer? What the fuck? If I were that zoo, I would plaster the city with pictures of that girl's parents and the salient little detail that they would not consent to their nine year old being vaccinated for rabies, and so five innocent creatures had to die. Better yet, I would have not killed the meerkats, because it was the humans' fault altogether.
I'm writing an angry letter. I know it's too late, but I am pissed off.
ETA:: It appears that the Minnesota Zoo had little choice in euthanizing the animals-- they were bound by law to do so after the child's parents refused to get their child tested/vaccinated. If you're going to write a letter (because I certainly am), you can write to the Minnesota Department of Public Health.