- Kabul Zoo, Kabul Afghanistan- It was the place to go when it first opened in 1967, but when the communist regime fell in 1992. The Mujahedin factions stormed the zoo and saw it as a butcher shop, the ducks and deer were used as food and the bigger animals were left to die. Either by negligence, stray bullets, or starvation. over 400 animals died and now the conditions are still the same.
- Tirana Zoo, Tirana Albania- This zoo is run by the local government, and they hire untrained workers. In 1999 there were over 60 species living at the zoo and now there are less than 13. A lot of the animals died of starvation, and isolation in their "tiled, empty rooms".
- Al-Bisan Recreational Park, Jibalya, Gaza- During the recent fights between Israelis and Hamas the park was left in ruins and many animals died due to the gunfire. Other animals then died because of starvation and poor conditions. The ones who survived that were traumatized the noise and destruction. They were left to live with heir dead and rotting cage mates.
- Jijamata Udyan Zoo, Mumbai, India- When people visit this zoo, its not really a zoo but "more like a taxidermy museum". The animals that die in their cramped little cages are stuffed and then put on display. "In 2010, zoo director, Sanjay Tripathi shared this silver lining the BBC, “the public will be able to see and appreciate the animals and even study their body structure.".
- San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas- Named the worst zoo for elephants for the sixth year in a row. The reason is, elephants need to interact with other elephants to stay alive and happy. They usually mate with one elephant for life and heir bonds are intense. Since the death of Lucky's pen mate, about four years ago, she has been in solitary confinement and has never left.
- Giza Zoo, Giza, Egypt- Animals live in crowded cages and are rarely exercised. Its known that some zookeepers get paid from people to allow them to go inside animals cages. Video footage was leaked showing an elephant chained to a post so it couldn't walk and the chain was on so long the skin around the elephants ankle was worn away. another video showed little kids shooting BB guns at a tiger in front of a zookeeper and other animals are just slaughtered
Sunday, December 6, 2015
The Worst Zoos Ever
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Well this is depressing - especially the one about Kabul. This is such important information for us to know about these animals lives though. They have sentience and should be respected for that.
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