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Sometimes there’s a quote that catches my attention, and it gets put it in the folder. One always wonders what will become of such a collection. Upon reflection, some of them seem to have relevance to life in this valley, so herewith are a few.
“In nothing does man, with his grand notions of heaven and charity, show forth his innate, low-bred, wild animalism more clearly than in his treatment of his brother beasts. From the shepherd with his lambs to the red-handed hunter, it is the same; no recognition of rights only murder in one form or another.” John Muir, naturalist, explorer, and writer, 1838-1914. (In today’s world, the Sierra Club is forced to deal with John Muir’s racism, but that’s another story.)
My first memory of a zoo was in the late 1950, as a child of seven.
This was the tiny Staten Island zoo, all of eight acres, and it had alligators, otters, bats and monkeys, along with a nationally recognized collection of rattlesnakes.
I was adequately scared by the rattlesnakes and the alligators but the one creature which moved me the most, was a full grown tiger pacing back and forth in its remarkably small cage.
That huge animal trapped in its little cell was one of the key moments in my path toward loving wild nature, the wilder the better. I would stare into that tigerâs eyes and try to communicate my sympathy and horror at its plight and though I never remember crying, I was always deeply saddened during each encounter.
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