I finished that Tiger King series. Each episode made me feel worse about myself than the previous episode, but I slogged through it. IIRC, it said there between 5000-10,000 tigers in captivity in the US. What the fuck?!?
I love zoos. I know a lot of folks think they’re unnecessary or cruel, but private zoos? Oh fuck no. The ones on the show, and the ones I’ve seen outside the show, are all shitholes run by people whose mental health is definitely questionable. It’s time for government intervention for ALL private zoos and private ownership of “exotic” animals.
Humans aren’t evolved as much as some think. And we’re all evolving at different rates too. I’m at least 1000 years more evolved than my golf partner.