The point being, the *ONLY* thing that a bid for "zoo rights" can result in is putting us on "John Q."'s radar, which will, in turn, result only in more trouble for zoos and their critters - just like it has every single time some idiot has been dumb enough to stand up and start preaching that particular sermon for the last 30+ years. Leave it the fuck alone, and ol' John forgets we exist. Remind him we exist, and he goes on a rampage that results in somebody getting fucked over - AGAIN. Does the name Hoss Topper mean anything to you? And if it does, what, pray-tell, do you recall of what happened when he not only "stood up", but published a book, and went on the fucking JERRY SPRINGER SHOW, of all insane things, and tried to plead our case? How about Mr. Hands? What happened as a result of his suicide-by-horse-cock? Or Doug Spink? And those are just the "most visible" of the various attempts/exposures over the years. Dude, there's a long, well-documented record of what attempts at "zoo rights" has accomplished, and not a SINGLE ONE has done anything but fuck us over (whether collectively or individually) EVERY SINGLE TIME.
Yet you seem to think that "This time will be different!"...
You do realize that trying the same thing over and over again in hopes of getting a different result is frequently considerd a sign of insanity, right?
Well, by that standard, you're insane. No attempt at "zoo rights" has *EVER* resulted in anything that wasn't WORSE than what we had before the attempt was made.