And yet, it’s “funny”, zoos do a lot of marketing of their new babies, giving them a name, “Come see so-and-so!” etc. It’s awful, isn’t it? If zoos claim to care about the individuals, why would they kill Marius? Killing someone shows you don’t give a stuff about them as an individual. It must change and thankfully we are starting to see that change. Since the early days of zoos, they have been there for our entertainment. Zoos and aquaria aren’t there to engage our critical thinking. We’re out for a day of fun the last thing we want to think about is that our actions have terrible consequences for the captive animals we are there to be amused by. We look at enclosures for a few moments and then go to the next. We see them as ambassadors of a species, perhaps, but rarely as individuals. It's interesting with zooed animals, who are on display in plain sight, and yet we fail to really see them. All my work will continue to focus on these individuals, bringing their lives to light in a new way. Those we wear and eat, those we keep in labs to be used in research, those we use for entertainment. Those we have a close relationship with and yet they remain invisible in our lives. We Animals looks at the invisible animals, as I call them. How does this superb collection of photos and text follow up on your previous book We Animals?
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