"but if i ran the zoo", said young gerald mcgrew, "i'd make a few changes, that's just what i'd do..."

i just woke up with the sunday morning bbc style show. it's a good program but doesn't have a website, so i can't share it with. it usually has environmental undertones and a green bias and today's show was about the 'fashionable safari'. the subject brought up all the moral and ethical issues of; fake fur, african safari, local endangered eco-systems, etc. one segment involved cameras following the keepers at paignton zoo in devon. what amused me was how much the keepers dislike the public.

i like the idea of conservation and research zoos on paper. but then i visit one, and i remember why caging up animals is terrible and feel guilty about supporting it.

but this zoo in devon has peaked my interest. is it the wide open spaces and natural atmosphere portrayed? probably not.

but, a weekend away to the devon/cornwall region could be good fun! devon has some of my favourite british countryside. and who isn't a fan of cream tea and cornish pasties?

and i could go back to the eden project. everyone should go there at least once. it's waste neutral!