Spread to Tigers and Mortal Danger to Wild Chimps, Apes and Orangutans

[Asher Kelman]

The brutality of nature when germs traverse species hosts is clear when we get infected in Flu, Ebola, SARS, MERS and now COVD-19 pandemics.

What we realize now is that animals we care for are now at risk.

In the Bronx zoo a tiger is infected and her sisters. They got it from their asymptomatic keeper.

Other animals might be infected too!

But the chilling fear is now growing that we could spread this to our apes in captivity and in the wild!

Asher

 

[James Lemon]

Last week I saw a rabbit and a cat that were "out of breath", the rabbit died..

The cat? Not sure.

 

[Don Ferguson Jr.]

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[nicolas claris]

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And then?

 

[Asher Kelman]

The threat to remaining large animals, already threatened with extinction is real.

Is it education, culture or callousness that allows us to not have concerns?

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If these treasured animals are lost, that’s for ever! How can we be flippant and dismissive?

Asher

 

[James Lemon]

Why should we care? it's not like we are dependent on them and species go instinct,humans or no humans.

 

[Asher Kelman]

Why should we care? it's not like we are dependent on them and species go instinct,humans or no humans.

You should try to answer that yourself! See if a few ideas could come to mind?

 

[James Lemon]

You should try to answer that yourself! See if a few ideas could come to mind?

Its a valid question !

 

[Asher Kelman]

Its a valid question !

I agree it’s a valid question, but one that most folk have no difficulty in answering!

 

[James Lemon]

I agree it’s a valid question, but one that most folk have no difficulty in answering!

Fortunately not everyone thinks the same as most folk! So it shouldn't be such a difficult question?

 

[Asher Kelman]

Fortunately not everyone thinks the same as most folk! So it shouldn't be such a difficult question?

But you are educated, privileged, well read and travelled. So you, alone, could easily provide more than enough reasons to justify the tigers continued existence. I am confident in your rationalism applied to this question!

 

[Asher Kelman]

I don’t feel I need to justify the value of tigers. If you don’t feel we have any responsibility to safeguard wild animals we capture to exhibit to folk that love them, then you can hold your opinion. That’s your free will at work!

Still, I then have no need to prove to you tigers are necessary for anything!

Asher