[RTC List] Off-topic: Brew at the Zoo is coming soon - your Zooneeds you!

[William Van Hefner]

Robert,

Personally, whenever I want to see an ugly display of human domination
over animals, I just go to The Sizzler.

At one point in time, I recall that the City Zoo used to account for 40%
of the city's entire yearly budget. Now, due mostly to increased spending
in other departments, it "only" uses up about 10% of the city's annual
budget. A large percentage of those who live in Humboldt County don't even
know that there is a zoo in Eureka, from what I can tell.

As much as I love having a zoo, the concept of 1/10th of my tax money
going to pay for something that I have to pay admission to get into seems
a bit much in these troubled, financial times. At the very least, I think
that the cost should be shared by the rest of the county's taxpayers,
since those in Eureka derive no special benefit from it that those living
just outside the city limits don't get. In fact, the zoo/park itself is
less than two blocks from the city limits. I live less than a mile away
from it, but people in Cutten are much closer to it than I am.


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On Wed, May 13, 2009 6:57 pm, M Welch wrote:
> I've been to the Eureka zoo three times in my 37 years in Humboldt
> County, the last time about 4 years ago (I guess I forget, or I hope
> things have changed). To me, the animals seem miserable.
>
> As much as I love both good, local beer and Kulica, I'd be hard-pressed
> to support such an ugly display of human dominion over animals.
>
> robert beckerdite wrote at 05:44 PM 5/13/2009: