#i would assume hippos of any kind would be under the no contact species but i could be wrong | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

dragon-hoard · 4 months ago

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is moo deng being abused? no

but the way she is being handled is inappropriate and especially should not be posted for clout for the public or even have free contact in front of the public. if they need to handle her for medical reasons or training reasons it should be done in a private area

remember chris pratt thinking he was the bee whisperer because he watched a keeper on tiktok free handle smoked bees without a suit and then got stung to shit? the general public is stupid with regards to animals

the keeper/staff can take cute pictures of her without needing to incite a reaction or showing direct contact

#daily stuff #animal welfare #also saw someone say the zoo is aza accredited?#if so they arent following the contact rules #i would assume hippos of any kind would be under the no contact species but i could be wrong #there are basically 3 types of possible contact levels #safe which is for like chickens or goats or some birds #barrier level which means you can go in there but you need to be able to quickly hide behind something in case of a pissy animal #like camels or zebra or larger birds #and then no contact for your big predators or large herbivores like giraffe or monkeys

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