Human Display at a Zoo

This bit of news is brilliant. The latest from Reuters science news - Humans put on display at an Australian zoo

A month long stay in an orangutan enclosure at a zoo in Australia doesn't really sound like a dream vacation, but apparently there are people who jumped at the chance to be Australia's latest zoo exhibit.

Considering this is the most novel idea I have come across to raise conservation awareness, I am at a loss of words to comment on this. The idea, though it might sound preposterous to some, unethical perharps, seems to me to be a brilliant way to catch the attention of people who look at a display in a museum or a zoo and walk away without so much as a second glance, a thought or any turning of the mind's wheels. The larger part of the population that visit zoos do so as a way to keep the kids happy, but now with this is one initiative, not only with the children question the adults more, its bound to be a thought-provoking display. The way I see it, this display should be a permanent one, and not just in one zoo, but at most of them.

If one wants the world to know more about primate conservation, what better way to do so than to put the one primate on display who's been responsible for the disappearance of the other primate species.

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