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"Flaco’s week of freedom had been busy: a stop on Fifth Avenue near Bergdorf Goodman; a face-off with a Cooper’s hawk; at least one close encounter with a squirrel; and stops across the park’s southeast corner, never far from the zoo but tantalizingly just out of reach."

my mans said "love fashion, but fuck captivity!"

I know that's right, Flaco!

nytimes.com/2023/02/10/nyregio

The New York TimesFlaco, Central Park Zoo Owl, Tastes Freedom and Isn’t Rushing to ReturnBy By Ed Shanahan
#Owls#Owl#Owlstodon

May Flaco's sojourn to freedom inspire the abolition of all zoos and all Eurocolonial animal conservation efforts!

#Owls#Owl#Owlstodon

@blkstarseed

Totally agree with your base sentiment but there's no need to employ such self-chastising language as "Eurocolonial".

Quotes:
- Wall carvings found in Egypt and Mesopotamia are evidence that rulers and aristocrats created menageries as early as 2500 BCE.
- Zoos also existed in later civilizations, including China [....]
- The Aztec emperor Montezuma II, in what is today Mexico, maintained one of the earliest animal collections in the Western Hemisphere.

➡️ education.nationalgeographic.o

education.nationalgeographic.orgzoo | National Geographic SocietyA zoo is a place where animals live in captivity and are put on display for people to view. The word “zoo” is short for “zoological park."