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In a dramatic reinvention, the Buenos Aires zoo went from showing animals for profit to protecting them
Before it closed its doors as a zoo in 2016, the Buenos Aires Ecopark prioritized making money over caring for its animals — keeping them in enclosures that hadn’t changed much since they were built in the late 1800s.
As public opinion shifted against showing animals purely for entertainment, the zoo closed its doors and began a reinvention process over the next seven years.
It involved relocating more than 1,000 animals to sanctuaries around the world and becoming a nationally important center for conservation. It’s now home to a state-of-the-art animal hospital that takes animals from all over the country and the largest biobank in South America.
What’s the nuance?The ethical arguments surrounding zoos are valid. At the same time, when operated with the animals as a key priority, they can play a critical role in endangered species conservation, animal rehabilitation, and in helping humans tap into empathy and care for animals and species from all over the world.
“History isn’t something you look back at and say it was inevitable, it happens because people make decisions that are sometimes very impulsive and of the moment, but those moments are cumulative realities.”
There's a lot of news out there that many would call “good news.” But we have a policy, a filter that helps us decide what we share — we call it feel good vs. real good.
“Feel good” news is the story that makes you feel warm inside, but doesn't dig beneath the surface. It looks like cute animal videos, cheesy PR stunts, one-time acts of kindness, or over-sensationalized human interest stories. It’s good, but we can do better.⠀
“Real good” news feels a bit messier, because it’s most commonly found in the midst of tragedy, heartbreak, and injustice. It’s people stepping up to make a difference, creative ways of bringing awareness, advocacy, or justice, businesses that better their community, positive global trends, and planet care.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Rather than pacifying, real good news stories inspire us to join in and take action. And we’re all about that real good news.
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I’m truly so glad my little one gets to grow up in a world with movies like Inside Out.
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