RESS RELEASE
22nd of May 2016
For
immediate release
Scorpion Foundation Activists Discover
Starving Animals at Bandung Zoo
When visiting Bandung Zoo, West Java, at the weekend an investigator saw
skinny sun bears so hungry one was eating its own dung. Others begged zoo
visitors, who fed the bears junk food. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ptOC7Z-W0I and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8HbHChFYL4&feature=youtu.be
This is the same ‘death zoo’ where an elephant recently died from
neglect. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3586447/Tears-roll-Yani-elephant-s-face-moments-latest-animal-die-one-Indonesia-s-death-zoos-animals-kept-dirty-rusting-cages.html#_=_
Marison
Guciano, senior investigator of Scorpion Foundaton said, “This zoo is full of starving animals. It’s very,
very, bad. Why don’t the management feed their animals?”
It is not only
Scorpion who are concerned about the animals at Bandung Zoo. Reviews on
TripAdvisor https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g297704-d3949033-Reviews-Bandung_Zoo-Bandung_West_Java_Java.html Visitors are obviously upset to see so many
hungry animals in dirty cages.”
The bears kept
in a concrete cage and no grass. Nothing natural. All very cruel. One of the worst zoos in all
of Indonesia.
Guciano added, “Scorpion Foundation asks our government to please
help these bears and other animals now. They need to stop the suffering and
make sure the management understand their responsibilities. Maybe it would be
best if this place was closed down now, before more animals die a painful and
avoidable death.”
A Sun Bear
expert, Dr. Gabriella Fredriksoon told Scorpion Foundation, in a normal
situation it is not common for Sun bears (Helarctos
malayanus) to eat their dung. “The sun bears will only eat their dung if
they are very, very hungry and no food to eat,” Gabriella stated.
Bandung, capital
of Indonesia’s West Java province, is a large city set amid volcanoes and tea
plantations.
end press
release
Contact:
Contact persons:
1) GunungGea, Director, Scorpion Foundation
Cell Phone 085280108401
Email: gununggea@gmail.com, info@scorpionmonitor.org
2) MarisonGuciano, Senior Investigator,
Scorpion Foundation
Cell Phone +6281210195047
Email: marisonguciano@gmail.com
Note: Photo
and video may be used freely. Please credit: Scorpion Foundation.
When visiting Bandung Zoo, West Java, at the weekend an investigator saw
skinny sun bears so hungry one was eating its own dung. Others begged zoo
visitors, who fed the bears junk food. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ptOC7Z-W0I and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8HbHChFYL4&feature=youtu.be
This is the same ‘death zoo’ where an elephant recently died from
neglect. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3586447/Tears-roll-Yani-elephant-s-face-moments-latest-animal-die-one-Indonesia-s-death-zoos-animals-kept-dirty-rusting-cages.html#_=_
Marison
Guciano, senior investigator of Scorpion Foundaton said, “This zoo is full of starving animals. It’s very,
very, bad. Why don’t the management feed their animals?”
It is not only
Scorpion who are concerned about the animals at Bandung Zoo. Reviews on
TripAdvisor https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g297704-d3949033-Reviews-Bandung_Zoo-Bandung_West_Java_Java.html Visitors are obviously upset to see so many
hungry animals in dirty cages.”
The bears kept
in a concrete cage and no grass. Nothing natural. All very cruel. One of the worst zoos in all
of Indonesia.
Guciano added, “Scorpion Foundation asks our government to please
help these bears and other animals now. They need to stop the suffering and
make sure the management understand their responsibilities. Maybe it would be
best if this place was closed down now, before more animals die a painful and
avoidable death.”
A Sun Bear
expert, Dr. Gabriella Fredriksoon told Scorpion Foundation, in a normal
situation it is not common for Sun bears (Helarctos
malayanus) to eat their dung. “The sun bears will only eat their dung if
they are very, very hungry and no food to eat,” Gabriella stated.
Bandung, capital
of Indonesia’s West Java province, is a large city set amid volcanoes and tea
plantations.
end press
release
Contact:
Contact persons:
1) GunungGea, Director, Scorpion Foundation
Cell Phone 085280108401
Email: gununggea@gmail.com, info@scorpionmonitor.org
2) MarisonGuciano, Senior Investigator,
Scorpion Foundation
Cell Phone +6281210195047
Email: marisonguciano@gmail.com
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