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...irony of the Attica slaughter is indeed apparent. The inmates, branded "animals" by many, were animals only by virtue of the conditions under which they were forced to live. For a fact, zoo animals live better than do these prisoners, and zoo animals are not even supposedly being "rehabilitated...
...major factor in breeding, zoos have discovered, is to provide the animal with surroundings as close to his own native habitat as possible. In the contrived gloom of The Bronx Zoo's "World of Darkness," badgers ramble into burrows and kit foxes scurry over "desert." In the new Milwaukee Zoo, tigers in craggy caves stare across camouflaged moats at antelope. These are no mere frills. "A bird that needs a vertical twig for a particular part of its courtship, or a reptile that requires cyclical temperature change, is more likely to reproduce when the proper ecological furniture is provided...
Providing such furniture is not always easy. The aerial mating dance of the Philippine monkey-eating eagle, for instance, would require a cage as large as the Astrodome. Still, great progress has been made in improving conditions for zoo animals, primarily because zoo officials are now considering animal habits as well as habitats. Take cheetahs. After studying them in the wild, naturalists at the San Diego Zoo discovered why they are particularly difficult to breed in captivity. The animals are usually caged in "big cat" houses near their natural enemies-lions. By separating the felines, zoos find that the cheetahs...
...simpler joys of the wilderness are not quite as accessible. Only a few saplings struggle for survival among the exhaust fumes. Wild animals are nowhere around; the nearest deer are at the local zoo ten miles away and even pets are banned in some parts of the lot. Many campers prefer to eat at the local beaneries, but a few still cook on their own fires with supplies from a local supermarket. "They're really roughing it today," says Supermarket Clerk Vic Gerouche as he bags Styrofoam cups, Tortilla Chips, Rice-A-Roni and four hunks of bubble...
...been a trying summer for General Ngo Dzu, commander of one of South Viet Nam's four military regions. Last month 27 Vietnamese majors and colonels sent a letter to top government officials in Saigon charging Dzu (pronounced zoo) with a long list of corrupt practices (TIME, June 28). The general branded the letter the work of his enemies, and one of his most trusted U.S. advisers declared that "upon examination, all the charges have fizzled...