Taigan Safari Park

Crimea - A Life of Misery For Big Cats

The harsh reality for Zubkov's animals.

In the Crimea, there are no specific laws in place that prohibits children from interacting with wild animals or taking photos while, clearly, engaging in dangerous photo props.

While "Walk With Lions" has now been prohibited by the courts, (Zubkov is now contesting), every other activity in Zubkov's exploitation repertoire is still on going.

Many visitors to the Park extol it's virtues as "an opportunity of a lifetime" disregarding the plight of the animals. Many see these events as "educational" and "normal".

Taigan Park's Zubkov alongside many of his ilk, are re writing wild animal behaviors, they are changing the public's thinking into believing wild animals can be tamed, can have their natural instincts subdued simply by raising them in captivity, interacting with them, and showing them "love".

Those who possess captive wild animals, buy captive wild animals, interact with captive wild animals while exploiting them are not contributing to wild species conservation. Nor are they respecting the "wildness" of the animals in their care. They are the rising stars of "Commerce-Conservation".

With every passing day, and with the aid of Social Media, "scientific facts" based on ecological, biological studies, are turning into "alternative facts" while the bogus exploitative rhetoric spewed across Social Media platforms are becoming the "real facts".

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