On an overcrowded planet where more species slip toward extinction every day, should one species have the right to multiply and consume at will, even as it nudges others to oblivion? — Thomas French Copy Share Image
Elephants, it turns out, are surprisingly stealthy. As the sunlight fades, other species declare their presence. Throngs of zebras and wildebeests thunder by in… — Thomas French Copy Share Image
Freedom is a human concept. We have these very romanticized, sentimentalized notions of freedom. And for species - monkeys and other creatures - freedom… — Thomas French Copy Share Image
“Despite all their flaws, zoos wake us up. They invite us to step outside our most basic assumptions. Offered for our contemplation, the animals… — Thomas French Copy Share Image
What's the reality of being inside a zoo, for the animals and for the people who love and care for those animals? There's a… — Thomas French Copy Share Image
On an overcrowded planet where more species slip toward extinction every day, should one species have the right to multiply and consume at will,… — Thomas French Copy Share Image
“Mkhaya's herd is a good-sized group - sixteen in all, counting the calves - and even though they are the largest land mammals on… — Thomas French Copy Share Image
“All zoos, even the most enlightened, are built upon the idea both beguiling and repellent—the notion that we can seek out the wildness of… — Thomas French Copy Share Image
“Taken together, the narratives of how the animals ended up at Lowry Park revealed as much about Homo sapiens as they revealed about the… — Thomas French Copy Share Image
“New life insists. It does not debate. It simply appears, trembling and hungry, and will not be denied.” — Thomas French Copy Share Image
