Animal Activists

I particularly found Chapter 9 to be very interesting.  I thought it was interesting how most animal activists are women, which I noticed that at Busch Gardens, there were visibly more women then men working. Anyone can become an activist, and I found PETAs website on just the steps in becoming an activist.  

http://www.peta.org/action/activism-guide/

Another big thing that often happens with animal activists is a lifestyle change.  Activists tend to live a better lifestyle for the animals and will often times become vegetarian or vegan.  One woman even stated in the book that her dreams became nightmares because she would have nightmares that animals were being abused or poorly treated.  I believe to some extent, the workers at Busch Gardens are animal activists themselves.  Most of the employees help out with cleaning, feeding, training, rehabilitating, animal enrichment, etc.  Without this help the animals would not be in the healthy conditions that they are in.