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Old Nov 21, 2007 | 11:15 am
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Originally Posted by LH_Fan
I'm using the word "zoo" to differentiate Kruger and other venues from "true" wilderness, something that you won't find in SA IMO and probably not at too many places anyway.
I accept that your intentions are not to disparage the experience but by using metaphors like "zoo" you invoke a lot of negative - and highly inappropriate - connotations. The animals are not fed, and they are free to roam over an area far bigger than Wales. No one is pretending it isn't a managed wildlife park, but "zoo" is a very poor analogy IMHO.
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Old Nov 21, 2007 | 11:34 am
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Originally Posted by Cheetah_SA
I accept that your intentions are not to disparage the experience but by using metaphors like "zoo" you invoke a lot of negative - and highly inappropriate - connotations. The animals are not fed, and they are free to roam over an area far bigger than Wales. No one is pretending it isn't a managed wildlife park, but "zoo" is a very poor analogy IMHO.
Point taken - I'll take your (and others') sensitivities into account when using the z word going forward. Let me assure you that I absolutely LOVE the greater KNP (as well as some concessions closer to Jo'burg) and that I inevitably get a feeling of "so this must have been what paradise was like" when I'm there! ^
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