The Horrible Truth of the Big Cat and Animal World
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ต.ค. 2024
- James may be known as Lion Dad, but he has raised a whole assortment of wild animals. Wolves, Tigers, Dingos, you name it! Tiger King raised many questions about the conditions and well being of these types of animals in captivity, and James is more than welcome to shed some light on many of our questions. He is also always excited to talk to people at the St. Louis Wild Animal Adventure Park!
At the one hour mark, listening to him talk about the lifespan of the animals and knowing that Nakoto’s time is coming soon hits very close to the mark for me. My parent’s 10 year old lab/pyrenees mix was diagnosed with cancer at the beginning of the summer and at this point we’re just waiting to see how long she has before her quality of life starts going downhill. She’s my darling, the first animal that I truly bonded with and I’m still heartbroken that I couldn’t justify taking her with me when I moved out (because she’d bonded with her younger sister and would have been lonely in a tiny apartment with me). I’m her person though and my heart melts every time she comes to me for a gentle hug or hides behind my legs when there are too many new people around. I can’t really process the idea that she’ll be gone soon but I’m trying my hardest because I know that when the time comes, she’ll be in a better place.
@@oywiththewaywardtardis Prayers for your baby. Hope she can go on for a while & have quality of life. The best vet I had told me you have to do for them what they can't do for themselves so I always try to observe & do the right thing when it's time. They will give you signs.
This is one of your shows that hits in the top 3 for me. The conversation, the topics and the emotions are so real. Both of you did a fabulous job. Thank you.
I love his honesty and transparency!
I try to be honest as much as anyone can.
I LOVE your channel. The podcasts are amazing
Who else loves this channel?
I've followed her for a couple years now, and it's been interesting watching the evolution of her content.
She's come a long way from "real things said in classrooms"
Absolutely! ❤
For years!
I gotta shout out the Ft Worth Zoo. Gorgeous facility and tons of workers around to talk about the animals with you❤. The giraffe enclosure is really cool too!
At first, I thought this video was going to go in a different direction, and I was ready to go at it. I love, love the channel, but of course, I have different opinions on some of the topics. However, we all know what opinions are like, and everyone has one. This week's video was a really good one, and I enjoyed listening to him. Unfortunately, facilities like this are needed. People don't understand that the animals can't be returned to the wild when they are no longer wanted as a pet, a bragging item, or too large to handle anymore. Releasing them in the wild is an automatic death sentence because they no longer have the fear of humans and associate humans with food.
Great topic this week. 👏 ❤😊
I always enjoy watching his tiktok videos, but this podcast with Rebecca, I think he is my new favorite human 😊
Thank you.
He’s so handsome too! I Love his huge ❤️
AAZA certifies reputable zoos. The equivalent in Canada is CAZA. So any private facility can be AAZA certified if they meet the requirements set forth by experts. There's lots of standards such as education, safety, enclosures, nutrition, enrichment, commitment to helping endangered species (captive breeding with reintroduction etc)
It is definitely a lot for sure. But with some of their guidelines and requirements we wouldn’t be able to interact or educate the way we do.
My fur baby kitty is 19 years old and I could never imagine getting rid of him just because he's an old boy.... I've had this sweet little animal since he was a kitten. I domesticated this little feral kitten that was the runt of his litter, covered in fleas and abandoned by his mother.... I could never let him go. I know deep down he probably doesn't have much longer, I mean he is 19 years old and that's older than older than dirt for cats.... but I'll honestly never be ready.... I just don't understand some peoples thought process is... animals are a lifetime commitment.
I love animals and this is so cool. My parents went to Alaska to see brown bears at brooks loge and to Churchill Manitoba to see polar bears in the wild.the bears all had their own personalities according to my parents.and saw the bear hall in Churchill Manitoba to keep the public safe because in the summer the bears will go into the city.
Love you both, but please stop spreading misinformation about Service Animals, bc they can absolutely be a chihuahua in a bag. My oldest, Kid#1, is 24yo and has had their service animal, a 17lb deer head chihuahua named Gnarles Vivian Barkley, for almost 6yrs. Kid#1 has anxiety conditions called PNES (seizures that are caused by a psychological event) and derealization/depersonalization. Gnarly is trained preform tasks to 1st warn them that their anxiety is spiking & that they need to get to a safe place. If Kid#1 ignores the warning, Gnarly is easily able to get out of her sling bag. She can guide Kid#1 to a safe place and/or does tactical stimulation & deep pressure therapy to ground them and wait out the episode safely. Psychiatric service dogs are not emotional support animals. Gnarly has a job and she’s provided our family security while Kid#1 was in college 1600 miles away & dealing with airports on their own a few time a year. An easily trainable puppy who is eager to please of any breed might be a good candidate depending on the tasks required of them. We were able to spend a lot of time with Gnarly & her litter mates prior to bringing her home, and by 8wks old we knew she was the perfect fit. We had all her basic obedience training, including potty training with a bell, before we brought her home.
I couldn't agree more. It seems surprisingly common on this channel to slander service dogs, even though they aren't trying to. There's protections through the ADA (federal law) to protect people with disabilities to use any breed of dog for any trained purpose that mitigates their disability. Yes, there is an epidemic of emotional support animals because of disinformation spread by companies that have ads on TH-cam to sell fake certificates and registries. But that is not the majority or the norm. Specifically, no, this zoo cannot deny people with disabilities who have service animals from entering the zoo at all. There must be a compromise. I've never yet been to a zoo where they told me I cannot even enter, there's simply some animal enclosures they cannot allow me and my dog to enter for safety. Like exhibits where you can touch birds or butterflies. And to have common sense if an animal seems stressed by the dog, to just leave that area. I'm disappointed that they only seemed to care about "no dogs" and didn't even address how difficult this would be for the disabled person to be denied their dog.
I didn’t mean they couldn’t be. What I meant is that most of the time they aren’t and people just claim them to be emotional support animals. Not knocking them as being a service animal.
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I'm sorry but this is very biased information and there is a reason he is so hesitant to answer so many questions... as a former zookeeper myself, there is a reason a facility chooses not to get aza accreditation. I would never work at a non accredited facility again after my first experience. If they cannot offer the things aza requires for accreditation they are doing it for the money not for the animals. the things aza requires are for the animals well being and safety. this guy saying he's getting chewed on by these animals is such a red flag. they bite him too hard one time those animals die. a true keeper would never risk that. im sure he loves animals im sure he tries his best but there is information lacking here and there is care lacking for his animals.
I don't know if I'd go so far to say care lacking
@@sandstorm3363 if they are not aza accredited they are lacking in care in one way or another
I may be ignorant and I will say I'm not completely informed on all AZA requirements, however to play devil's advocate, not every standard/requirement may be able to be met. Specifically in the video he did discuss how one of the requirements for AZA is the keepers have to focus on one species. (I may have misheard or misunderstood, so please correct me if I have) So if that is a requirement for every keeper, that means more wages needed to be paid to deal with each species that they have. Where as without it they can have less keepers, but have the ability to focus on all of the animals. Thus freeing up more money for the care of the animals. Also, from personal experience, not with AZA, general standards meant for a wide range of places all in different areas with different environments doesn't necessarily work well. What may work in one area with a specific environment may not work in another with a completely different environment. Again if I sound ignorant, I apologize and I admit I'm not completely informed on the AZA and what the requirements are.
This is just your opinion. Just because I say an animal choose on me doesn’t mean it’s a red flag. I’ve raised most of these guys from either babies or even some of them from newborn. It’s going to happen. Just because we’re not AZA does not mean it’s a bad facility. The animals are their nutrition and their care guides are based off of AZA manuals. Their enrichment programs are based off the same manuals. A few of us individual staff are AZA members. so you can speak on your experience and all of that, but you have never been to our facility and your basing your opinion of an hour podcast.
@Liondad_1987 then I have one question, what stops you from going AZA accredited? because in my experience every time it's been an aspect of the required care that small facilities can't or choose not meet that makes the decision and that means you are choosing nit to offer proper basic care. I understand that you care I understand that you have raised them and do your best. but the pure fact remains that if you are unable to meet ALL care requirements set by aza you are not providing proper care. there are aza accredited places that meet the demands that still can do better for the animals but at least they are doing what they can to keep up with modern care standards
p.s. the issue with you letting them chew on you is that when their instinct kicks in or they play too hard you get hurt, they are responsible and at risk for that. you allowing them to be put at that risk is the red flag