I live in the Washington D.C. area, which means that I have been inundated with news about poor Tai-Shan the Panda (pictured above with mom) at the Smithsonian National Zoo moving back to Beijing this week. The outcry from the public has been amazing. There was even a woman on the news, crying, when the move was announced back in December, as if a family member was given a couple of months to live. Honestly, the grief that this average zoo attendee was expressing is equivalent to the grief that characters on Lifetime movies feel in those emotional hospital scenes when their best friend, who was in a car accident, is in a coma and takes that turn for the worse.
Flatline...
Cue the dramatic crescendo...
Director: "Ok Joan! Give us your best waterworks and make sure some of your makeup smears."
All for an animal at the zoo?!? I'm not anti-animal. I can understand developing a relationship with a pet that lasts year. Loyalty means a lot to me and dogs show more loyalty than a lot of people I know. So, of course you're going to cry when your 15 year old Golden Retriever dies. She was a damn good dog! But a f*&king Panda at the zoo? An animal that doesn't know you from any of the other two million people that visit the Smithsonian every year? An animal that would sooner rip your face off than give you a big ol' bear hug?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/3311260/Panda-attacks-boy-in-Beijing-zoo.html
Look lady! Be happy for Tai Shan! He is going back to Beijing to be a part of a breeding program because Pandas are endangered! He is going to be the happiest place for a male Panda on Earth! The land of catered food and multiple orgasms a day! Plus, as an added bonus, he will be looked at as a hero for helping to save his species! It's really a great thing for him. Now get back in your Expedition and go home... your family misses you!
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