Animals in a zoo in Venezuela suffer from severe malnutrition due to lack of food

in #nature7 years ago (edited)

Zoos do not escape the crisis in Venezuela. Two pumas with bones stuck to the flesh put face to him to the drama of the zoological metropolitan park of Zulia, in the city of San Francisco - to the west of Venezuela-, where several animals undergo severe malnutrition. Ducks, pigs and goats have had to be slaughtered to feed other species in the park, closed to visitors in mid-February after learning of the images of hungry beasts.
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An African lion, a bengal tiger, a jaguar, several cunaguaros and birds of prey, all carnivores, swell the list of malnourished, as indicated by zoo workers. "The Bengal tiger was the most burly and the lion, because of its senile state, was somewhat thin, but he lost weight too", they highlighted. A park caretaker explained to the local newspaper Panorama that cats should eat between 8% and 10% of their weight each day. However, they eat once a week
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Ducks, pigs and goats have had to be slaughtered to feed other species ... until when? let's help ... let's be spokesman of this situation, let the world know ...
Via El Pais, National Newspaper of Venezuela