by Allison Skidmore | Jun 4, 2020 | Wildlife Conservation
Zoos are a paradoxical entity in that our desire for the continued freedom of wild animals has strangely come to justify their captivity, legitimizing domestication, in that, the zoo animal enters the stage as a monument to the wild animal’s disappearance in...
by Allison Skidmore | May 22, 2020 | Environmental Issues, Wildlife Conservation
Today, May 22nd, is International Biodiversity Day! Biodiversity is a word that many have heard of but perhaps may not truly understand what it is and why it is so important. Biodiversity is literally the diversity of life; all the flora and fauna on Earth that...