To answer this question, we’ll unpack a scientific battle centuries in the making, one that involves a serial killer elephant and a suicidal dog. We’ll also learn a new way that people who are ambivalent about zoos can now go to zoos in good conscience. Guest: Dr. Laurel Braitman, author of Animal Madness.https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Animal-Madness ... Show More
Apr 2023
84: Abusive Prisons or Animal Oasis: Are Zoos Evil? | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. When you think of the zoo, what comes to mind? Saying hi to cute animals? That’s what I thought too, until I started digging and learned that zoos are way darker than I thought. And when I say darker, I mean human zoos with REAL people and a b ... Show More
52m 56s
Nov 2017
An Attempt to Understand Zoophilia
<p>Human culture emerges from a legacy of lives lived in close proximity to wild and domesticated animals. We see it in our myths and, in its most taboo and perplexing form, we see it in zoophilia. In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Christian attempt to demyst ... Show More
1h 4m