Last week I had Good Friday off from work so we decided to head to the Fort Worth Zoo. Now, I’m an animal lover and Emery has been showing such interest in them lately (thanks to Dora & Diego) that I just knew she’d enjoy it! We woke up early to go have breakfast, and then see my mother-in-law before heading up to the city. Once we stopped by we found out that my sister-in-law was off from school so we invited her to join us, and Emery got even more excited for the road trip.
The map I printed out beforehand made the place look huge and a bit daunting. But once we got there I saw that it wasn't as big as I thought it would be. We made our way through the entire zoo in about 4 hours. This includes stopping for pictures, rides, and having lunch. The entire drive Emery kept saying she wanted to see Kangaroo’s and I was really hoping we'd make it to that section before she started to get tired and cranky. Thankfully we had plenty of time to see all of the animals (minus the insects because I just didn’t want to see those) without incident. And true to her three year old word, Em was pretty excited when we finally saw the Kangaroos! They were pretty lazy the entire time though; just lounging about. She still loved it though. She even had a blast watching the penguins and getting to pet a lizard! Overall, it was such a fun visit and Emery keeps asking to go back!
As much fun as we had the animal lover in me was really sad. Some people don’t really get the whole “captivity” thing and don’t notice anything wrong, but we could see the stress coming from some of the animals. The pacing, and swiping at people coming from the White Tiger. The way one of the chimpanzee’s REFUSED to look at humans. He literally did everything with his back turned. Some of the big birds kept swooping down, squawking, and trying “snatch” at people walking underneath the netting. And the coyotes had an area about half the size of my entire house to “run around” in. Like I said, it was a bit sad. But what can one do really? Most of these animals couldn’t be returned to their natural habitats simply because they’ve all been born in captivity. Most wouldn't know how to survive, and some would be shunned.
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