Berita ini betul-betul mengejutkan.. Sejauh mana kebenarannya?

Hari ni, ketika lulu cari bahan untuk dikongsikan didalam blog, lulu terjumpa dengan kenyataan sebuah akhbar berita daripada luar negara... Berita ini betul-betul mengejutkan lulu, dan pasti juga mengejutkan kepada semua rakyat malaysia.. Sejauh mana kebenarannya? Tapi marilah kita lihat dan baca petikan akhbar itu, dan mohon jasa baik semua terutama buat sesiapa yang pernah pergi tempat ni ataupun tinggal berdekatan tampil untuk perbetulkan seandainya cerita akhbar ini direka...

• Crocodiles live in waterless enclosures and big cats live in tiny cages in Malaysian animal park

A trip to the zoo should fill any animal fan with a sense of joy wonder, but in Malaysia the experience inspires revulsion.

Crocodiles struggle in waterless enclosures while lions and tigers are trapped in boxes barely big enough to house them, leaving no room to roam around.

But worst of all is the plight of Shirley, a 25-year-old orangutan, who competes with cage-mate Abu for cigarette butts thrown by tourists to satisfy her smoking habit. 

 

The government-run zoo in in Johor Baru has erected a 'no smoking' sign but that will do precious little to stop the sad practice while attendants turn their backs on it.

Shirley spends much of her sad existence tearing apart drinks cans and chewing on food wrappers thrown at her by visitors.

She regularly reaches through the bars of her cage to beg for cigarettes. 

Attempts by the Malaysian government's wildlife ministry Perhilitan to clamp-down on the appalling conditions in the country's zoos, rated among the worst in the world, have been virtually ignored.

Last October a new law was passed that gave the zoos six moths to clean up their act but when the June deadline passes there will have been shamefully little progress made.

Ten zoos in the country were investigated last week and animals were still found living in tiny, dirty enclosures, sometimes without water for drinking or swimming.  

No room: This tiger is kept in an enclosure that affords barely any room for exercise

 

Some animals were being made to perform, despite the practise being banned, but worst of all was the example of one zoo that had been obtaining its animals on the black market. 

Non-profit British charity Nature Alert has worked hard to prick the conscience of the Malaysian government but with obvious indifference to the new regulations, it says the time has come to focus international attention on a problem for which a wealthy country has no excuse.

'The government makes promise after promise. They never keep any of them, but I will hold their feet to the fire until they do,' Sean Whyte of Nature Alert told The Mirror.

'I can understand different cultures, but this is purely people exploiting wildlife for financial gain illegally. Malaysia is a hub for the illegal trade in animals. Those orangutans have been in zoos approved of by the government.

'I advise anyone visiting Malaysia to stay away from zoos – or risk becoming deeply upset at what they see.'

 Not up to standard: The entrance to Johor Baru zoo in Malaysia where Shirley has been allowed to cultivate a smoking habit and animals are kept in appalling conditions

Keadaan ini kononnya berlaku di Zoo Johor...

Entahlah, lulu tak pernah sampai sana lagi... Lulu dah sampai zoo kat KL dan zoo kat Kota kinabalu...

Dan tempat-tempat ni takde pula jadi macam yang diberitakan...

Apa pendapat korang eh?

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