I think that - and I meant to say this on the previous comment too - especially when I was younger and saw stuffed animals I was always sad that the animal wasn't alive anymore, and that it had been killed in most cases for "sport". That doesn't bother me as much now, and once the animal is dead and stuffed anyway, there's not a lot you can do to change that. I thought this looked like a very interesting concept for an exhibition, and it would be something that I would have been interested in seeing, finding out the history of these particular bears etc.
I aggree with Liz to a point as i too would prefer to see these animals alive and in thier own environment, however there is a need to preserve these creatures in such a way that we can look at them for years to come, up close and in a way not achieved by zoo`s or conservation. there is a definate wierdness looking at these animals, you almost expect to see them move at some point and i think i would be edgy walking around this exibition.
I think that - and I meant to say this on the previous comment too - especially when I was younger and saw stuffed animals I was always sad that the animal wasn't alive anymore, and that it had been killed in most cases for "sport". That doesn't bother me as much now, and once the animal is dead and stuffed anyway, there's not a lot you can do to change that. I thought this looked like a very interesting concept for an exhibition, and it would be something that I would have been interested in seeing, finding out the history of these particular bears etc.
ReplyDeleteI aggree with Liz to a point as i too would prefer to see these animals alive and in thier own environment, however there is a need to preserve these creatures in such a way that we can look at them for years to come, up close and in a way not achieved by zoo`s or conservation. there is a definate wierdness looking at these animals, you almost expect to see them move at some point and i think i would be edgy walking around this exibition.
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