I can understand that about the African animals. We have so many already I almost feel like they shouldn't come along quite yet. but then again the community desire is there for them. There are certain African animals the game just really needs and I'm fairly hopeful about them. Even with that though, I think about the birds I want alone, and Africa has the most I have on my want list. Truly though I have no bias in this but I just think Africa has the most iconic "zoo" animals than any other continent. I mean, all continents have a lot of animal species but if you're thinking what animals to put in a zoo Africa definitely comes out ahead. Both in what we've got, and at least as much as any other continent for what's wanting, with the possible exception for me of North America. But even then, it's pretty close.
Heh. If that comment seems like it's rambling, apologies. It's late enough here that I've taken my nightly prescriptions already lol.
Well to touch up on your comments, you are definitely not showing any bias here, absolutely none. If we were to make a game about baseball in the same way as PC and PZ, from its history, to its management aspects, to what constitutes the game, the greatest players to ever take the field, its stadiums and cultures, and we went ahead and gave North America, particularly the U.S. a larger spotlight that any other country represented in the game, would it be consider bias? Pick any zoo in the world, from a private roadside menagerie (not the focus of planet zoo) to a modern zoological institution that focuses on conservation and education and everything in between, you will find African wildlife at the center of every collection. The African continent is home to the world's most iconic fauna and it has imbedded the minds of several human generations when it comes to their association with zoos.
Even with today's far reach in knowledge thanks to technological advancements, when anything and everything can be searched and researched in seconds, most individuals are still quicker to associate lions, elephants and rhinos with zoos rather than foxes, platypus and racoon dogs. The fact that lions, elephants and rhinos also live in Asia, might escape most zoo goers as well. In short, Africa is still the most visited continent in any zoo, and more funds are allocated to African themed zoological exhibits that any other corner of this world.
Most of the complaints in this platform and others about the disproportionate pairing in the game of African species, is honestly, with a lack of better words, willful ignorance or a need to satisfy a personal preference that supersedes all reasoning behind the argument, what I have learned in close to two years in this forum, is that neither type can be reason with, until they are ready to accept mere facts on their own.
You could dedicate the next three packs to the African continent (not that I'm advocating for that, even though I would not complain) and you would still have iconic species that are often part of zoo collections that will still be excluded from the game. It is hard to justify the need for a number of animals when others that bare close relation to global zoological organizations are still missing.
