Why I don't like zoos

So I'm at the San Diego zoo.
It's a huge zoo,I mean you can spend a whole day
and not see the whole zoo.
Anyway it's the seventies, I'm a little stoned and just wandering around the zoo and I come to the orangutan exhibit.

There's a female orangutan hanging upside down from a bar
Pissing on herself
It was funny
Yet shockingly sad
There happened to be a docent nearby
And he told me be careful
She likes to throw shit

I remember thinking
I would too

A victim of captivity

Probably why so many people these days are doing likewise, as they feel that they're in a Zoo of sorts, unable to be truly free, be it financially, verbally, emotionally or all three.
I feel truly sorry for animals such as you mention particularly, as they couldn't avoid their captivity, yet a lot of the masses have simply sleepwalked into theirs. :).

They are looked after in captivity.

@HiramHolliday said in #3:
> They are looked after in captivity.
yes you're also 'looked after' in prison

One cannot equate human miscreants with mere animals.

If we were all without water and food for maybe 3 to four days, our so called Civilisation would be a memory. :).

Like Palestine?

@Dukedog said in #1:
> So I'm at the San Diego zoo.
> It's a huge zoo,I mean you can spend a whole day
> and not see the whole zoo.
So you never made it past the gift shops I reckon.

> Anyway it's the seventies, I'm a little stoned and just wandering around the zoo and I come to the orangutan exhibit.
It's always difficult for the prodigal son to return home.

> There's a female orangutan hanging upside down from a bar
Yeah, aunt Sheila never could control her liquor.
> Pissing on herself
Always getting so drunk. It's was embarrassing.
> It was funny
She drinks for a reason you know.
> Yet shockingly sad
Her husband left her for a mongoose.
> There happened to be a docent nearby
No, he was a pediatrician.
> And he told me be careful
Never liked him.
> She likes to throw shit
True, everytime she got drunk, she would say the meanest things.
> I remember thinking
...Ahh, no sorry, I forgot. Anyway...
> I would too
I'll drink to that.
> A victim of captivity
See, this is why I never go to my annual family reunion. I feel a captive, constrained by family expectations.

@HiramHolliday said in #5:
> One cannot equate human miscreants with mere animals.
most psychopaths/sociopaths are identified by their treatment and opinion of animals

So...In your world,meat-eaters are crackers?