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British Humanist Association (BHA) Watch: Still having a pathetic pop at Noah’s Ark Farm Zoo

Keeping you updated with our friends at the British Humanist website, as they continue their brave onslaught on a Zoo that teaches creation by God….

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Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm The Creationist zoo: how the British Humanist Association are turning into thought police

It seems the British Humanist Association (BHA) has become a self-appointed arbiter of science. In criticising a Christian-owned zoo this week, it seems to be aping Richard Dawkins in not only promoting atheism but also pontificating on what is or is not good science.

The BHA has written again to North Somerset Council about displays at Noah’s Ark Farm Zoo, near Bristol, which the BHA believes are incompatible with legal obligations on zoos to display accurate information about the animals they keep. Last month the BHA wrote to the council to this effect.

The council has replied stating that its inspectors do not feel able to take any action over the zoo’s creationist and pseudoscientific ideas because they ‘do not feel able to curb what could be seen as the proprietor’s freedom of expression’.

North Somerset Council monitors and issues the zoo with its license, and when its inspectors offer a recommendation on whether to grant a zoo licence they are required to take account of the ‘Standards of Modern Zoo Practice’ under the amended Zoo Licensing Act 1981. This includes the requirement that ’accurate information about the species exhibited [in zoos] must be available’ (Section 7.13).

Andrew Copson, BHA Director of Education and Public Affairs, said ‘This is not a freedom of speech or freedom of religion issue. The question is whether the information displayed by this zoo meets the tests of accuracy and truth that it should meet. We contend that currently it does not.’

Pathetic

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2 Responses to “British Humanist Association (BHA) Watch: Still having a pathetic pop at Noah’s Ark Farm Zoo”

  1. Allen Nyhuis Says:
    September 30th, 2009 at 5:39 pm

    The ironic thing is that the BHA would be the first ones to say “live and let live” if we were talking about pornography.

    My view is that it’s up to the parents to decide what their children are taught — either evolution or creatism. If they want their kids exposed to evolution, fine, that’s their right. But if they want them to learn creationism, that is their right too, and thus there’s nothing wrong with Noah’s Ark being there for these parents and their children.

    Allen Nyhuis, Coauthor: America’s Best Zoos

  2. Webmaster Says:
    October 20th, 2009 at 2:40 pm

    Please see the latest post from our visit to Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm

    Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm Zoo

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