GAZA zoo, Gaza
GAZA zoo – Khan Younis zoo, has named to be officially the worst zoo in the world. During the 2016 The Zoo was closed and all the 15 still alive animals were rescued. Animals that died of starvation were stuffed and being showed alongside alive animals in their cages. During the rescue process, many mummified were found from the zoo. International animal welfare group Four Paws helped to close the zoo and rescue all the animals. Some rescued animals moved to South Africa and Jordan.
MUMBAI zoo, Mumbai
MUMBAI zoo – Mumbai zoo is changing from zoo to a taxidermy museum. All the animals are threatened badly, animals are led to die in their cages and after that they are “expired” they are taken to taxidermist. The zoo has 750 still living mammals, which are waiting their death. Public are given “an opportunity to appreciate animals and even to study the body structures”
TIRANA zoo, Tirana
TIRANA zoo – zoo that is located in Albania can be also described as an animal prison. Animals are living in tiny cages and or they are left in empty tile rooms. Animals are depressed and has no activities. There are no proper food for animals, medical treatments or natural environment for animals. There has not been any investments long time, which means poor, facilitates and poor life for suffering animals. In addition, there are no qualified staff available in Albania.
Kiev Zoo, Kiev
Kiev Zoo, Kiev, Ukraine- In 2007 elder Dinara bear were moved from its small enclosure where she had been living her whole life into bigger pen with sun bear Malayan. From this change Dinara got stressed and started to bang her head repeatedly against the walls spreading blood everywhere After week from that she was euthanized. More than 50 animals were died because of maltreatment, lack of medical care and proper treatment. An another case from the Kiev zoo is when 39 years old elephant named Boy were seen too fat they started to give him only water and after he loosed weight almost third of his body weight they started to give him fruits and vegetables, after all he gained weight so quickly he ended up to have an heart attack. In 2011 were announced that over half of the animals were dead in a two- years period and money for the food disappears mysteriously. There has not been any changes since that.
Surabaya Zoo, Indonesia
Media has named Surbaya zoo as a” worlds cruelest zoo”. Lot of tragedies has happened in the zoo, Between July and September in 2013 more than 40 animals died. From dead giraffe’s stomach were found 20 kilograms of plastic and tiger were fed meet layered with formaldehyde and the consequences were rotted digestive system. Animals are living in terrible conditions. Young elephant is chained from 3 legs and young lion were found hanging in his cage from steel cables.
These are not the only zoos where are bad conditions for animals. There is more zoos with lack of food, medical care, space for animals and proper care taking. These are examples of the worst zoos in the world since these zoos have been criticizes in public. There are zoos all over the world with cruelty hidden from public.
Sources:
http://www.mygreenworld.org/worst-zoos-in-the-world/
http://www.oipa.org/international/appeals-zooalbania/
https://www.thedodo.com/community/CaitlinMKiernan/worst-zoos-on-planet-934016630.html
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