Scorpion Foundation again urges the Wildlife
Authority (BKSDA) in Bengkulu, Sumatra, via a letter today (15/09/2016) to end
cruelty to animals in Bengkulu Wildlife Park by providing advice and guidance
to the park management. Carbon copies of the letter also sent to Director of
Biodiversity Conservation at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, and to
the Head of Tourism Department at the Bengkulu city government.
Handling of wildlife in this park is terrible.
Scorpion investigator visited the park on 13 September 2016 and found terrible
conditions of the animals in the park. There was a lot of garbage inside
wildlife enclosures, such as in the enclosures of long-tailed macaque and pig-tailed
macaque.
Water tubs inside the animal enclosures
had no water but instead were filled in with garbage. Keeping wildlife
without drinking water available at all times is a form of animal cruelty.
Early this year, the Jakarta Animal Aid
Network (JAAN) also uploaded on its website a report entitled “SAVE THE ANIMALS
AT ‘WORLDS WORST ZOO’.”
“No food or water. Solitary confinement.
Choking on garbage. That’s the reality for animals at Bengkulu Zoo!” the report
says.
Bengkulu Zoo (Taman Satwa Bengkulu)
located in Sumatra, due to its notoriously cruel ways of treating their animals,
has quite quickly become the infamous ‘World’s Worst Zoo’, and for good reason.
“Animals that are imprisoned at Bengkulu
Zoo are left for days with no food or water. Many have been found chocking on
garbage as their cages become nothing but garbage bins! Many are left alone,
depressed with no mental stimulation. Some animals are even chained, within
their already small cages!” the report says.
View Video of thirsty animals in Bengulu wildlife park
The long tailed macaques and pig-tailed macaques have no water ready 24/7, and their enclosures were dirty.
(Photos: Scorpion)
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