Horrifying Conditions at Indonesian Zoo Leaves Giraffe Dead, Others Starving
- Posted on March 13, 2012 at 7:40pm by
Liz Klimas
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SURABAYA, Indonesia (The Blaze/AP) — At an Indonesian zoo, tigers are emaciated and the 180 pelicans packed so tightly they cannot unfurl their wings without hitting a neighbor. Last week, a giraffe died with a beachball-sized wad of plastic food wrappers in its belly.
This 30-year-old giraffe died from the zoo's squalid conditions.
Activists seek a plastic ban at the zoo after the giraffe died.
The conditions at Indonesia’s largest zoo are crowded and food is scarce. The zoo was once the considered one of the most impressive collections in Southeast Asia, established nearly a century ago.
But today the Surabaya Zoo is a nightmare, plagued by uncontrolled breeding, a lack of funding for general animal welfare and even persistent suspicions that members of its own staff are involved in illegal wildlife trafficking. Representatives at the zoo said that management turnovers and some ill will among staff has the animals suffering the consequences.
Instead of apathetically ignoring onlookers like many zoo animals, this bear begs for any sort of food.
This AP report delves into some of the issues at the zoo that has bears begging for peanuts:
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Jaimo
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 3:50pmSo is somebody going to get those poor animals out of that zoo. I thought Indonesia was pretty much a zoo anyway, so why bother caging hopeless animals.
Report Post »mar1an1
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 2:20pmOMG!!! I grew up going to this zoo every weekend with my grandpa‘s brother’s family. I can’t believe that it has deteriorated like this….It’s very sad. We used to go there on school trips too. One of the highlights of my childhood.
Report Post »Well, this is what happened when you have corrupt government run things.
jaylew
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 10:21amYou know I am far from a PETA type and I definitely do not have a problem with people who hunt using sound and humane and conservation based methods…..but I am pretty torn about the entire “Zoo” thing. I am not even all that thrilled about places like Sea World. I suppose there is a valid reason for Zoos….Sea World not so much…..but I can tell you all this for sure……if I were a Lion or a Tiger or an Elephant….and I was kept in a Zoo…..you better have a Weatherby rifle loaded and within reach….because I have a feeling that I might be one of those zoo creatures that becomes unhinged and unglued….and I would trample and trounce and rip apart every human being I could get my hooves or claws on. But that’s just me…..and after all what do I know? I’m the same guy who roots for the Bulls every year in Pamplona……there’s nothing that wakes up a stupid human being quicker than a 2 foot horn rammed up the G.I. tract.
Report Post »auburntaylors96
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 7:58amindonesia is a muslim country. muslims have no respect for any life.
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 11:26amRelax! OUR Commie/muslim-in chief is brining this to a country near you….It’s HERE! Every single election for over 100yrs, the democrats claim they are the ones to get you out of [fill in the gap___]. But after each election they 100%-reverse what they claimed during the elections so the [fill in gap___] continues. so the democrats can continuously re-use it for the next..and the next…and the next… …. …. …. …. .
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 7:49amI think MEMRI has video of the “zoo” run by the muslims in Israel where children are encouraged to swing cats around by the tails.
Yet another alien aspect to Islamic Culture. Cruelty to animals is enshrined in Islam.
Report Post »OniKaze
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 1:39pmIf I ever saw a child do that to a cat, I would first punch the little b@sturd in the face (boy or girl – doesn’t matter) and then encourage the feline to exercise their claws on the little turds genitals…
I am no PETA type either… But Animal abuse is wrong NO MATTER WHAT. I am losing so much respect for humanity as a whole that I am almost to the point that I would happily kill a human to save an animal…
Humans have free will, so their abuse of an animal is ALWAYS a choice… Where as animals ONLY act on instinct and affection. They only do things when they feel they have to.
Humans can be evil, animals cannot be. THAT (and opposable thumbs and a language system) are the only real things that set us apart from our brethren in the animal kingdom.
The people who run this zoo should be forced to starve for a while and then be forced to eat plastic bags the way these animals are….
Just deserts…
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 2:13pmMy memory was a bit off. It was actually an Islamic children’s show “Tomorrow’s Pioneers” about Nahool the Bumblebee. He wanted to go see the cat exhibit at the Gaza “zoo”. (I know, I know, how many zoos even have house cats on display!)
Anyway, once Nahool the Muslim Mouse see the cats, strong feelings begin to overtake him and begins to devise ways to abuse them. An expression of Islamic culture ensues and cats are abused.
To quote the show:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomorrow's_Pioneers
On the show, Nahoul has expressed radical views. He has stated such things as: “We will liberate Al-Aqsa from the filth of the criminal Jews,”[28] and “We will go on Jihad when we grow up.”[28] In episode 204, Nahoul visits the zoo where streaks of cruelty become apparent for the (first?) time. Nahoul states: “The cats here are asleep – the poor, wretched, imprisoned cats. I feel like abusing them. This cat is asleep. I feel like attacking it.” [29] Nahoul then proceeds to swing cats by their tails and throw them around their cage.[29] Saraa later chides him for this.”
This is Islamic culture propagating its values to the next generation.
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 3:37pmWow. I totally missed this. Here, right in their own words!
“…“We will go on Jihad when we grow up….”
Report Post »- Nahool, Muslim Bumbebee, AD 2008
grannyrecipe
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 7:19amReally? A Government run institution in shambles? Wow, that must be a first!
Report Post »ibedavey
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 2:25amSend in the Trump brothers. They’ll know how to fix the situation. :)
Report Post »OhSnappage
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 2:15amIf the region is impoverished why would they take on the burden of housing a number of animals they cannot care for? Just to give them a torturous slow death? Or for breeding the animals to illegal traffickers for money, leading to nothing but cruel fate?
If they released the animals to the wild, no doubt the locals will hunt them down like a hoard of zombies for their next meal. The people in charge of the facility have a responsibilty to be good stuarts and maintain their humanity and do what is right.
They should contact WSPA, Humane Society, Red Cross or other charitable organizations requesting assistance in placing the animals in a proper environment. That region clearly has more important issues to deal with. Like establishing a steady agriculture. Sadly corruption has settled in and that regions moral compass is off.
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 7:58amIslamic culture, if it can be called that, does not value life or the living. They love death and blood spilled on the altar of Allah, enshrined in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. They think nothing of beheading and mutilating people, why would they give a crap about “stinking” animals?
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 11:46pmIn the Sovereign Nation of the USA, we take care of our own; I suggest that all other Sovereign Nations do the same!
Report Post »Anamah
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 1:34amHow miserable must be a Nation able to lock animals for life at the same time of denying at least adequate nourishment, enough clean water and a nice place to live. If Indonesia can not achieve it, they must search to find better places for all their animals. Maybe in semi captivity, the responsibility is theirs!!!
Report Post »tmplarnite
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 11:34pmStart feeding them humans…start with the zoo staff then the politicians…then?????……..we have 6 Billion (and breedin’ like flies) of the little beggars…it’s not as if there is any kind of shortage!
Report Post »T ParT
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 11:33pmDoes anyone believe that we humans are in for a hell of a payback? I do and it’s scary!
Report Post »Quiata
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 9:36amWhat goes around comes around….
Report Post »campt1
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 10:20pmWhere is P.E.T.A. when you need them???
Report Post »TRUTHSENSE
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 12:20am“Where is P.E.T.A…” #1 Those Neanderthal’s called Muslims would put P.E.T.A in the cages and publicly behead them. #2 Who needs P.E.T.A?! The humane society? yes. P.E.T.A. could do the animals and humanity more good by doing the responsible thing and eliminating their own carbon footprint.
Report Post »dicentra33
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 9:54pm“At an Indonesian zoo, tigers are emaciated and the 180 pelicans packed so tightly they cannot unfurl their wings without hitting a neighbor”
“The zoo was once the considered one of the most impressive collections in Southeast Asia, established nearly a century ago.”
Isn’t there a proofreader at The Blaze?
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 8:02amThe Jihad in Indonesia has caused massive, devastating damage to these people.
The decline of the zoo can probably be correlated to the increase of Islam.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 9:53pmI can’t believe they ran out of muslims so early in the season. They should have stocked up.
Report Post »scout n ambush
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 9:25pmSpeaking of Indonesians, (obama) former pastor jerimiah wright has endorsed the global march on jerusalem to happen at the end of march .Indonesia is a muslim country and they are not know to treat animals or humans very well, they should be removed and released into the wild.
Report Post »ezalbeht666
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 9:21pmI‘ve actually been to this zoo a couple of times I’m more concerned with the hungry children there than animals.
Report Post »TT1488
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 9:23pmThe animals are more important than their nasty children
Report Post »ezalbeht666
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 9:39pm@TT1488 There’s nothing wrong with the children in that country, they’re innocent. I happened to have lived in that city for work. I’d rather live there than Detroit.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 9:55pmI wonder if they have an exhibit called “Hungry, Hungry, Hippos”
Report Post »Rob
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 8:53pmKill the animals and eat them.. if I get hugry enough I will eat one of you…. hopefully, it will be a libearl, but get real. Animals are animals…
I would l like to try a monkey burger, or a lion lion steak….
Report Post »s0ck_monkey
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 8:41pmAnother reason why most humans should be shot instead of animals.
I’d lock the guilty parties inside the cages with the hungry meat eaters and let them feast!
Report Post »MittensKittens
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 8:40pmand why is are the animals in captivity in the first place…yeah, thought so!
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 8:40pmThat is so sad, if only PETA was there, they would seize those poor animals, and euthanize them.
On a lighter note, this past weekend, there were pork ribs packed so tightly in my refrigerator, I had to BBQ them and put them down, one by one.
Report Post »Just4Rocks
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 1:23amI have the same trouble with ribs at my place too. Move the animals to Texas, sell them to Trophy hunters and the animals will increase in numbers and health.
Report Post »KrisW1
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 8:40pmGod is watching. May His Grace and Love comfort these precious animals He created and change the stone cold hearts of the people incarcerating them.
Report Post »Tepeyac
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 8:39pmWhen there’s no human being starving in Indonesia, tell me about the zoo animals!
Report Post »CulperGang
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 8:37pmZoos should banned altogether. NO creature should be subjected to being in jail all their lives. Live them in the natural habitat and let people visit those as in National Parks. Humans are the dumbest species on the planet.
Report Post »sizzlinsexybeckster
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 8:37pmThis is disgusting. I’m tired of seeing horrific news about animals,and then they never follow up on it to tell us if the animals were rescued. These animals should be shipped out to the jungle and should have never been put into a zoo in the first place. This is why I hate people and love animals.
Report Post »TRUTHSENSE
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 12:23am“This is why I hate people and love animals”? Then do us and the animals a favor and volunteer to eliminate your carbon footprint.
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 8:09am“…This is why I hate people and love animals….”
The people are infected with Islamic culture which is spread by muslims using the process of Jihad.
Reduce the influence of Islam and the people will begin caring for the zoo again. What we in the West consider cruel, is to the islam-infected, good fun, a cultural expression, and pleasing to Allah.
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