{"id":1941,"date":"2013-09-23T19:42:47","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T19:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hypno-erotica.com\/stories\/?p=1941"},"modified":"2013-10-02T18:26:03","modified_gmt":"2013-10-02T18:26:03","slug":"should-zoos-enforce-a-dont-ask-dont-tell-policy-among-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hypno-erotica.com\/stories\/should-zoos-enforce-a-dont-ask-dont-tell-policy-among-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"Should zoos enforce a don&#8217;t ask, don&#8217;t tell policy among animals?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"blogs_entrylist\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"blog_entrylist_entry_date\"><strong> This Diary Entry was Originally Posted by <a class=\"wp_init\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inraptured.net\/social\/profile\/KrystalMesmer1\">Krystal Mesmer<\/a> <span class=\"timestamp\" title=\"Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:43:46 -0800\">November 13, 2011<\/span> <\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"blog_entrylist_entry_body\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hypno-erotica.com\/stories\/assets\/NewKrystal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1109\" alt=\"NewKrystal\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hypno-erotica.com\/stories\/assets\/NewKrystal-115x150.jpg\" width=\"115\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hypno-erotica.com\/stories\/assets\/NewKrystal-115x150.jpg 115w, https:\/\/hypno-erotica.com\/stories\/assets\/NewKrystal-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/hypno-erotica.com\/stories\/assets\/NewKrystal.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 115px) 100vw, 115px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;m not sure\u00a0 how I feel about the zoo&#8217;s decision, considering certain factors&#8230;. but something about separating any living creature&#8217;s connection with a loved one just don&#8217;t seem quite 100% right to me. Maybe I&#8217;m an old softy but it seems a little sad and uh&#8230;controlling?\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>What do you think?<\/p>\n<p>Zookeepers in Toronto, while \u201cfascinated\u201d by male African penguins who appear to be a couple, even displaying signs of mating rituals, plan on splitting up the pair for the sake of captive breeding.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"wp_init\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.sfgate.com\/hottopics\/2011\/11\/07\/zoo-to-split-up-%E2%80%98gay%E2%80%99-canadian-penguins\/\">http:\/\/blog.sfgate.com\/hottopics\/2011\/11\/07\/zoo-to-split-up-%E2%80%98gay%E2%80%99-canadian-penguins\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Toronto Star:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey do courtship and mating behaviours that females and males would do,\u2019\u2019 one keeper said in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>Those behaviours include making a \u201cbraying\u2019\u2019 sound, almost like a donkey, as a mating call. They defend their territory, preen each other, and are constantly standing alone together. In fact when the <em>Star<\/em> visited the exhibit this week Buddy emerged from the water, followed a few moments later by Pedro. The two huddled together for quite some time.\u201d (<a class=\"wp_init\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1081894--same-sex-penguin-pair-fascinates-zookeepers\">Read more<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Diary Entry was Originally Posted by Krystal Mesmer November 13, 2011 I&#8217;m not sure\u00a0 how I feel about the zoo&#8217;s decision, considering certain factors&#8230;. but something about separating any living creature&#8217;s connection with a loved one just don&#8217;t seem quite 100% right to me. Maybe I&#8217;m an old softy but it seems a little [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[45,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diary","category-lady-krystal-mesmer"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2FCuA-vj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hypno-erotica.com\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hypno-erotica.com\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hypno-erotica.com\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hypno-erotica.com\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hypno-erotica.com\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1941"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hypno-erotica.com\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2090,"href":"https:\/\/hypno-erotica.com\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941\/revisions\/2090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hypno-erotica.com\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hypno-erotica.com\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hypno-erotica.com\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}