“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 the world and behold its beauty, but that we must first contain that wildness. Zoos argue… — 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
