NOT ONLY IN BRAZIL

Frequently we read news about death of animals in our zoos. But this sad privilege is not only of Brazil. At other countries this also happens, like a recent event at New Delhi Zoo, in India, where 32 black antelopes (Antílope cervicapra), a rare and threatened species, died for supposedly having drunk contaminated sewage water.

It is necessary to reevaluate the strategy of several zoos, the majority with no conditions of being opened, which turn to be animals’ cemeteries. And those that have minimum conditions should be really converted in conservations areas, with no public visitation, where animals can have an adequate refugee when it is necessary.

Dr. Pedro A. Ynterian
President, GAP Project International