The title sums it up really.
I always thought I wanted to be a zookeeper, however since starting my internship I've began to realize that may not be the case. I didn't think I would have problems with the morality of zoos, but it's something I haven't been able to get out of my head since I started my internship.
Everytime I look at the animal enclosures, I think about how much space they would have to ACTUALLY run around in if they weren't in a zoo, especially the large plains animals like elephants and giraffes. I know they can't reach their full speed due to limited space.
Does anyone have any advise here? Is this something one can overcome? I'm not sure what other career I would even pursue.
TIA.
It may help to think about why an animal would need to run at its top speed it’s usually just to kill something or to not be killed by something. Just like how you’d rather sit some place comfy all day rather than run marathons every day like we were evolved to do. Are you happier in a house with a car or just in the middle of some grasslands with a tent?