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| India-Pakistan |
| Lahore zoo deaths |
| 2018-08-29 |
| [DAWN] THERE appears to be no limit to the injuries that Pakistain’s various bureaucracies and zoo authorities are willing to inflict on wordless creatures. Over the years, the lists of animals dead or dying, but always overwhelmingly treated in less than a satisfactory manner, has mounted so that the import of animals for the entertainment of the public has itself become questionable. It is not a matter of individuals having their heart in the right place, but of institutional capacity and coordination. Consider, for example, the fact that in the Lahore Zoo, two giraffes died within a month of each other. A trio of the beasts imported from South Africa had arrived on June 25: one of the females died just four days after arrival. Another female imported in early August died on Aug 23. According to the zoo vets, the animal that died in June had developed wounds in her mouths during transportation as well as a gastro infection, while the second giraffe had arrived in a frail condition. The vets say they prepared a report on the second animal and submitted it to the relevant authorities, but zoo officials said that under an agreement with the supplier, no report may be issued about an animal within 30 days of its import. Further, there exists no quarantine facility for imported animals ‐ which ought to deeply concern the Wildlife Department. While these gaps in the system remain unaddressed, the treatment of ’exhibits’ in the facilities that house tends also to be thoroughly inhumane. Islamabad’s Marghazar Zoo has lost 15 animals over the past couple of years, including an ostrich, lion cubs and nilgai, in addition to a bear just last month. Meanwhile, ...back at the pond, Gloria slowly backed away from the eight-foot bull frog. If the creature croaked she would surely be deafened... neglect at the Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... Zoo also continues to cause similar losses. Running such facilities is about animals’ welfare as opposed to being a public attraction and a city landmark. Until the realisation dawns and the authorities break out of their calcification, it is better that such facilities be shut down. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Ask about the goats. They are flourishing, I trust. Yes, the nanny goats are flourishing. Any reference to the bucks would be a perversion of Islam. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-08-29 06:03 |
| #2 Ask about the goats. They are flourishing, I trust. |
| Posted by: One Eyed Gleregum1429 2018-08-29 05:59 |
| #1 My theory is that (i) Islam is attractive to genetically deficient in empathy in the first place, and (ii) within Islam Islam there is strong selection against emphatic ability. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-08-29 03:06 |