I feel like there should be a "To learn more, visit [insert URL here] ." A good opportunity to explain why they are against it. As it is, to many humans, it sounds tempting...especially if they didn't know tiger cub interactions were possible.
It was the same in Cabo. We were told the cubs were drugged a bit to keep them docile. We never actually saw them but were warned several times. It’s really sad.
About ~15 years ago my wife (girlfriend at the time) and I took a cruise down to Cabo, and in the port area was a little shop set up where you could get pictures with a baby lion and a tiger!! Obviously we were super jazzed (and young and naive) and so we did it. It was about $20 - they were incredibly lethargic, and basically just laid in our laps while we gave them some pets and got some pictures.... There were also baby donkeys that they would lay on your lap, iguanas, parrots, and a variety of other animals.
Fast forward to when we got back from the cruise and looked it up - and it was incredibly sad, and we felt like complete fucking assholes for doing it.
Not only do they drug the baby animals to make them docile, but they also basically force them to breed, then take the babies far too young, and once they are old enough that they could hurt someone, they are slaughtered. :( They are kept in tiny cages and abused their whole lives. Real shitty.
Needless to say, I am very happy that Carnival is letting their passengers know to stay away from these places.
NecroJoe on May 3rd, 2024 at 02:31 UTC »
I feel like there should be a "To learn more, visit [insert URL here] ." A good opportunity to explain why they are against it. As it is, to many humans, it sounds tempting...especially if they didn't know tiger cub interactions were possible.
Modz_B_Trippin on May 3rd, 2024 at 03:08 UTC »
It was the same in Cabo. We were told the cubs were drugged a bit to keep them docile. We never actually saw them but were warned several times. It’s really sad.
CyberBill on May 3rd, 2024 at 04:39 UTC »
About ~15 years ago my wife (girlfriend at the time) and I took a cruise down to Cabo, and in the port area was a little shop set up where you could get pictures with a baby lion and a tiger!! Obviously we were super jazzed (and young and naive) and so we did it. It was about $20 - they were incredibly lethargic, and basically just laid in our laps while we gave them some pets and got some pictures.... There were also baby donkeys that they would lay on your lap, iguanas, parrots, and a variety of other animals.
Fast forward to when we got back from the cruise and looked it up - and it was incredibly sad, and we felt like complete fucking assholes for doing it.
Not only do they drug the baby animals to make them docile, but they also basically force them to breed, then take the babies far too young, and once they are old enough that they could hurt someone, they are slaughtered. :( They are kept in tiny cages and abused their whole lives. Real shitty.
Needless to say, I am very happy that Carnival is letting their passengers know to stay away from these places.