Thursday, February 17, 2011

Are animals organizing resistance to humans?

When confined animals trample their trainers or escape from their cages, are they accidents? Or are they resisting? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Jason Hribal, author of Fear of the Animal Planet: The Hidden History of Animal Resistance. He argues that confined animals rebel with intent and purpose on a daily basis. Chimps escape their cages, circus elephants attack their trainers, tigers refuse to perform. Is this evidence of organized resistance? Is there a difference between human and animal resistance? It's Your Call with me, Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Jason Hribal, author of Fear of the Animal Planet: The Hidden History of Animal Resistance

Colleen Kinzey, general curator at the Oakland Zoo

Click to Listen: Are animals organizing resistance to humans?