i just dont know

Ok, so I have always been one of those people who loves animals. When I see a dog, horse, cat, cow, whatever, I have to pet them and give them some love. I grew up around animals and feel at home around them. In fact, at one point in my childhood we had a huge chicken coop behind our house full of hens and a rooster, a lot of bunny rabbits who had cute lil' baby bunnies, our dog Hog, and inside we had our hamster Gus and our brothers had their rat Baby and a fish tank full of neato fishies, including one that would jump out and eat beef! We also had parakeets when I was really little, but I don't remember much about them. Anyway, we Flys love animals. So, back to why I even began writing this post. I feel torn.

A few weeks back we went to Sea Life Park here on the island with some friends. I used to love going to the zoo and especially sea life parks. It's fun to learn about the animals and how to better protect them or support their ecosystem. Although, I also feel it is really unfair, almost torture, to put them in small cages and tanks. I mean no matter how glamorous they can make a tank for a dolphin, it's simply not the ocean. Poor animals. I guess if they grow up in confinement they don't know the difference, right? But that's just it, maybe they do? I mean they are animals with natural instincts. Ok, I'm sounding like an animal weirdo. But I just sorta feel guilty now paying to go see cute animals who may be happy but may be depressed. I know that parks aren't awful places and have a lot of benefits for the animals and allow protection. But I guess after watching the documentary, "The Cove," my thoughts have changed. Perhaps you should go watch it and be educated slash depressed about it, then you could rant on about animals in cages too. Either way, I will probably always go to zoos and sea life parks. I enjoy them it's true, but part of me will always feel guilty and wonder. What do you think?