Why A Zoo Took 114 Years To Apologize To A ‘Caged Man’

  • The Wildlife Conservation Society’s apology for its 1906 exhibition of Ota Benga, a native of Congo, comes in the wake of global protests prompted by the videotaped police killing of George Floyd.
  • The very institution and men who had so ruthlessly exploited Ota Benga, and their descendants, contaminated the historical record with untrue narratives.

BBC News reviews Why a zoo took 114 years to apologize to a caged Congolese teen.

Apology from the Bronx Zoo

Ota Benga was kidnapped from what is now...

https://mfame.guru/why-a-zoo-took-114-years-to-apologize-to-a-caged-man/

Bronx Zoo ‘Nadia’ Becomes the First Animal Victim of COVID-19

  • The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that a Tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City has tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19, along with six other big cats exhibiting symptoms consistent with the illness.
  • After developing a dry cough in late March, the four-year-old Malayan tiger, Nadia, was tested for the virus. Nadia’s sister, two Siberian tigers, and three African lions have also had coughs and a loss of appetite, though they have not been tested.
  • The animal has likely...

http://mfame.guru/bronx-zoo-nadia-becomes-the-first-animal-victim-of-covid-19/

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