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Bronx Zoo Tiger tests positive to COVID-19 at Bronx Zoo

Discussion in 'United States' started by John Marchwick, 5 Apr 2020.

  1. John Marchwick

    John Marchwick Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    no. I meant an investigation. How DARE U think I enjoy something like that? I’m a 16 year old who cares about wildlife and ur out here saying I wanna watch an Orangutan DIE? U know. I’ve had it. U people are ALWAYS AGAINST ME. I’m done. U people have NO IDEA WHO I AM. SO DONT U DARE ASSSUME FACTS WITHOUT NO EVIDENCE!!!! U want me gone!! FINE. Good riddance!!! U people r sick if u think for a minute I enjoy watching critically endangered animals to die from a global pandemic!!!
     
  2. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    This would seem a lot more sincere if you wrote them "you" and "are".
     
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    pachyderm pro Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I don't think he was being serious...
     
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    tigris115 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    So what's the report on the cats now? Last I heard, no one's gonna drop dead.
     
  5. ZooBinh

    ZooBinh Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    He wasn't even being rude in that post...

    He just asked what you thought was a good idea, in which he didn't insult you in any way. I mean, reading your post, I was also confused as in what you were referring to.
     
  6. ZooBinh

    ZooBinh Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I'm not sure, I haven't seen anything recently, but a quick scroll through google says that they are recovering, so that's some good news.

    Such a blessing that it hasn't gotten worse.
     
  7. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    It might help to take a step back and think a little before posting.

    Your post said "PETAS now claiming that the an Orangutan At a zoo in Germany may have died of the Coronavirus. I may get a lot of hate for saying this but for once I don’t think it may be a bad idea."

    It is a confusingly-structured post with no clear indication of what you mean by it. The correct response to my question would have been something like "No, I meant an investigation. My post was not worded well."
     
  8. jpc323

    jpc323 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Soooooo should this forum have an age limit?
     
  9. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    It does, it's 13. If it's raised, which personally I think it should, I'd imagine 16 would be the new age requirement anyway.

    ~Thylo
     
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  10. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I think that would be a little high. I'm not 16 (I will be in a few weeks though) and I turned out fine.
     
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    [​IMG]

    :p
     
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    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I don't understand what you're trying to say here.
     
  13. pachyderm pro

    pachyderm pro Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I believe he's saying you turned out fine from your perspective ;).

    Don't take it personal, at least you started out a little better than I did out the gate :D
     
  14. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I know I wasn't great at first, but look at Thylo!
     
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    You are comparing two things which cannot be compared :p

    ~Thylo
     
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    pachyderm pro Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Thylo created the nonsense thread a few days after he joined, that alone elevates him beyond the both us. :p
     
  17. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    In a good way or a bad way?
     
  18. tigris115

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    Will this affect the potential reopening of the zoo?
     
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    Honestly probably not. The only reason this sort of situation would cause concern in the eyes of the city (which the zoo would need permission from to open) would be if susceptible species were in close contact with guests which I can assume will not happen upon opening. Big cats were already distant from guests and other species such as apes and mustelids are already distant as well.
     
  20. Coelacanth18

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    That being said, there is at least one zoo (Sedgwick County in Kansas) that has opted to keep their great ape area closed to the public during their initial reopening phase. While I'm not claiming that Bronx or any other zoo will follow suit, there is a possibility that other zoos might choose not to allow visitor access to species considered of higher transmission risk.