Liberal Lunacy

Tuesday, 09 February 2010 20:20 Last Updated on Tuesday, 09 February 2010 20:26 Written by Sheila Kihne

This is an authentic, verified, actual letter to the editor from today's Star Tribune:

OUR CAPTURED ANIMALS

Seifert and all of us must provide for them

For once, I agree with Rep. Marty Seifert. We shouldn't be "building cages for gorillas" or other animals ("What do you call at gorilla at the State Capitol? Anything but," Feb. 8).

It's not because of the cost, however, but because they don't belong in cages. They belong free and safe in the wild.

However, because humans have and are rapidly destroying and polluting gorilla and many other wildlife habitats, and because we cruelly captured gorillas and other animals for zoos and human "entertainment," we now have an obligation to provide for them.

So, sorry, Rep. Seifert; in the interest of humanity and compassion, we must build the best we can, while acknowledging we will never replicate original habitat.

CATHERINE ZIMMER, ST. PAUL

Well, okay then.