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Don't mind me, i'm just tickled rotten that an owl named Flaco escaped from Central Park Zoo last week and has since evaded NYPD capture

https://apnews.com/article/new-york-city-owls-4237450ea90e6de138b4946dfddf2245

#Owls #Owl #Owlstodon #Birds #AnimalLiberation #TotalLiberation

Owl escapes from Central Park Zoo, eludes NYPD, zookeepers

NEW YORK (AP) — An owl at the Central Park Zoo flew the coop after someone vandalized its exhibit by cutting through stainless steel mesh, zoo officials said Friday. The Eurasian eagle-owl named Flaco was discovered missing at 8:30 p.m.

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"Flaco’s week of freedom had been busy: a stop on Fifth Avenue near Bergdorf Goodman; a face-off with a Cooper’s hawk; at least one close encounter with a squirrel; and stops across the park’s southeast corner, never far from the zoo but tantalizingly just out of reach."

my mans said "love fashion, but fuck captivity!"

I know that's right, Flaco!

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/10/nyregion/flaco-owl-central-park-zoo.html

#Owls #Owl #Owlstodon #Birds #AnimalLiberation #TotalLiberation

Flaco, Central Park Zoo Owl, Tastes Freedom and Isn’t Rushing to Return

Not straying far from the zoo but not going back either, a bird of prey on the loose faces serious challenges to survival.

Feb 11, 2023 at 1:28pmWeb
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May Flaco's sojourn to freedom inspire the abolition of all zoos and all Eurocolonial animal conservation efforts!

#Owls #Owl #Owlstodon #Birds #AnimalLiberation #TotalLiberation #FreeFlaco

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@blkstarseed

Totally agree with your base sentiment but there's no need to employ such chastising language as "Eurocolonial".

Quotes:
- Wall carvings found in Egypt and Mesopotamia are evidence that rulers and aristocrats created menageries as early as 2500 BCE.
- Zoos also existed in later civilizations, including China [....]
- The Aztec emperor Montezuma II, in what is today Mexico, maintained one of the earliest animal collections in the Western Hemisphere.

➡️ https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/zoo

zoo | National Geographic Society

A zoo is a place where animals live in captivity and are put on display for people to view. The word “zoo” is short for “zoological park."