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Belgian singing groupe- "Ishtar" visited BELGRADE ZOO and lend the name of their song "O Julissi" to the newborn crocodile??
Belgian group came to compete on "Eurovision" and end up in Belgrade most uglier prison- the Belgrade ZOO. Director of zoo apparently called them to be guests on the day of naming the new born crocodile by their song (this song is to be preformed on Eurovision).
Belgian singers were happy to visit Belgrade Zoo and they happily uncovered a small board (positioned on crocodile's cage) with crocodiles new name on it. After it Belgian singers sang their song- in ZOO! It was unnecessary and totally wrong to visit Belgrades ugliest prison-the ZOO, animals in Belgrade zoo are victims and are living in catastrophic conditions.
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Eurosongfestival inzending Ishtar zingt nog voor de start een valse noot
15 Mei 2008 - Dierenrechtenorganisatie Bite Back heeft vandaag een boze brief gestuurd naar het management van de Belgische muziekgroep Ishtar. De groep die in Belgrado, Servië, aanwezig is voor deelname aan het Eurosongfestival, bezocht afgelopen week één van de ergste dierentuinen uit het voormalige Oostblokland: de Zoo van Belgrado. Ishtar kwam voor een zangcompetitie naar Servië en eindigde in Belgrado’s verschrikkelijkste dierengevangenis.
Vanja arrived in Belgrade ZOO in 1989. (she is aprox. 19- 20 years old-now. Vanja arrived together with Sanja (female orangutan-whos trail is lost between 1992.-93. )they both were the part of the "bankok six affare". http://www.ippl.org/01-05-04-11.html . Vanja (and Sanja) had a surrogate parent , he was an ex- zoo veterinarian Kostic, Vanja and Sanja did not live in his apartment –but he spent most of his time in “monkey room “ in
Vanja posses a mild character, she is possessive in orangutans range and she is highly intelligent.
(inside the Winter cage-Belgrade zoo)...
Vanja's life story might be changed, as Vanja is an ” orang utan”- they are under high conservation programs >>
Vanja should be transferred to a sanctuary - so she can live with her own specie…
Twiggy (7502) is a female Asian elephant, born (on 1966. ) in 
Photos (January 2005. & February 2006. ) Twiggy is suffering in small dump room; she is living on the concrete floor, without sunlight and without proper veterinary care. Twiggy have obvious signs (wounds) of abuse on her body (she is living alone, so no other animal could hurt her).
(photos: September 2007. )
*"Boy" was a male Asian elephant, born in wild-1970. Boy arrived in Belgrade Zoo in 1980. from GARTNER CIRCUS , he lived in poor conditions in
Horrific Belgrade zoo-
is a zoo under every possible low standrad-
inspte that Belgrade zoo was named into Serbian Grand SuperBrand!!??
on April 16. 2007. in Sava Center, Belgrade zoo was given the diploma of aproval as Brand of serbia-
among 2800 aplications-
By "member of jury" Belgrade zoo was selected along with other 237 candidates -then consumers gave points from 1 to 20. ?
Belgrade zoo got a status of GRAND SUPERBRAND in category CULTURE and leisure!!!???
*Alliance 4 Animal Rights Serbia*
will protest loudly against this kind of Branding.
Animals in Belgrade zoo are not serbias Brand- those animals came from Nigeri, Afrika, Asia... and they are not serbian Brand!
Belgrade Zoo can not be serbias brand- as that is not something that serbia invented.
PLEASE VOICE YOUR CONCERNS FOR ANIMALS IN BELGRADE ZOO-
ANIMALS CAN NOT BE BRAND- ANIMALS ARE NOT OBJECTS- THEY ARE LEGAL SUBJECTS AND MUST BE TREATED THAT WAY.
Remember this video> Bears>> :
* http://s146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/C4SAIN/?action=view¤t=BGDZOOkampanja.flv
* http://s146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/C4SAIN/?action=view¤t=BelgradeZoobears2006.flv
THANK YOU!
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FOLLOWING IS A INFORMATION ON SERBIAN ABOUT BRAND DIPLOMA FOUND ON OFFICIAL BELGRADE ZOO PAGE
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| 16. 04. 2007. је у Центру "Сава" одржан избор првих супербрендова у Србији. Награђена су 34 бренда у исто толико категорија. У конкуренцији 2800 заштитних марки стручни жири је изабрао 238, које су затим оценама од 1 до 20 оцењивали потрошачи. Београдски зоолошки врт је добио признање - статус GRAND SUPERBRAND-а у категорији Култура и забава. |
Please take a moment to read this fantastic Blog about Elephants:Let the Elephants Roam ...
Hints for Letter Writing:
You can use the following points to help you in your letter or visit www.HelpElephants.com for more information.
* Elephants are highly complex, social animals who live in extended family groups and travel over thirty miles a day. Today’s zoos are unable to meet the physical and social needs of elephants. These needs include space, adequate exercise, and extended social groups.
* Elephants in zoos suffer from captivity-induced physical and psychological health problems due to lack of space. Health problems include debilitating foot and joint problems, arthritis, digestive disorders, stereotypic behaviors (neurotic behaviors resulting from severe confinement). Other problems include reproductive system shutdown, and high infant mortality rate.
* The AZA, a zoo industry trade organization, provides a set of standards that are insufficient for the proper maintenance of elephants. These standards include a minimum outdoor enclosure size of 1,800 square feet for one elephant, the equivalent of six parking lot spaces. The standards also allow the prolonged chaining of elephants.
* As the largest land mammal, elephants are genetically designed to move and forage most of the day; this constant movement is necessary for their psychological and physical well-being.
* Historically elephants have been managed through coercive force, such as chaining for prolonged periods and use of bullhooks and electrical hotshots; this abuse is unacceptable.
* Zoos routinely move elephants, and other animals, from one zoo to another with little to no consideration for their social bonds. In the wild female elephants never leave their mothers and male elephants have complex social structures with other bulls and females. No elephant in the wild lives in constant solitary confinement.
Letters should be less than 200 words. Please do not send attachments and please remember to include your full name, address, and phone number (for verification purposes--street names and phone numbers will not be published) as well as the title of the story and the date it ran and not to use any wording in this alert.
(Thanks and good luck!)
http://www.savezooelephants.com/inside_zoos.html
Read-The Experts Speak:
It is well documented that keeping elephants in urban zoos causes physical and psychological health problems for elephants. According to a study elephants in
Experts are speaking about elephant’s spacial, family-oriented social and environmental needs and the urban zoo's inability to provide adequately for the world's largest land mammal.
Affidavit from Dr. Daphne Sheldrick MBE MBS
Keith Lindsay, IUCN/SSC (World Conservation Union/ Species Survival Commission) African Elephant Specialist Group
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Zoo de Belgrade/Belgrade Zoo
Visions d’horreur au zoo de Belgrademardi 23 janvier 2007 par Christophe CORET
Alors que les enclos devraient recréer le mieux possible l’habitat des animaux, ceux du zoo de Belgrade vivent dans des cages vétustes, bétonnées et sales.
Comment des visiteurs peuvent-ils flâner devant ces cages misérables et la tristesse des animaux ? Qui peut apprécier ces scènes d’horreur ? Ces animaux sont gardés comme des prisonniers de guerre...
Prenons l’exemple de cet ours polaire qui vit dans une cage de 2,50 m de haut et de large. Cet ours, malade, passe ses journées à se taper la tête contre les grilles et à marcher d’une extrémité à l’autre de la cage... deux pas seulement suffisent ! Voir une vidéo du zoo
Quel est l’intérêt d’exposer un ours dans de telles conditions ? Est-ce vraiment la représentation de l’animal que doivent avoir les enfants qui viennent visiter le zoo ?
Dans ce même parc zoologique vivent des tigres, dans les mêmes conditions que ce pauvre ours polaire...
Jaguar, loups, renards, singes, crocodiles, tous vivent dans des conditions désastreuses !
Que faire pour mettre un terme au cauchemard de ces animaux ?
AVES FRANCE vous invite à signer nombreux les pétitions suivantes, pour que ces animaux puissent être placés dans une structure plus accueillante, ou pour que des travaux soient rapidement mis en oeuvre :
1) Demande d’arrêter le transfert de l’éléphant Djanom au zoo de Belgrade. Djanom est un cadeau donné par Maharaja Raja Randhir Singh (secretary General of the Indian Olympic Association). Le cadeau est pour le champion de karaté Tanja Petrovic. Les animaux, surtout sauvages, on ne les donne pas comme cadeau. Ils doivent rester dans leur milieu naturel.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/816115032 ?ltl=1167081688
http://www.aves.asso.fr/article.php3?id_article=412&var_recherche=zoo+belgrade
From: Ginger Smit, Info <Info@jhbzoo.org.za>
Sent:
To: Info
Subject: RE: Question regarding Cheetah cubs
Good Morning
No – the statement is not true. We have not sold or donated any cheetah adults or their cubs for more than 10 years to any person or institution.
Best regards, Ginger Smit, Registrar – Johannesburg Zoo
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From: Animal Campaigns [mailto: c4sain@gmail.com]
Sent:
To: Info
Subject: Question regarding Cheetah cubs
Hello,
We got information from
Is that statement true?
Thank you, Dario Manic, C4SAIN
This is a MUST SEE and you can watch this documentary RIGHT NOW from your computer!
Turn your speakers up to hear the narration by the enchanting voice of Mr. James Earl Jones (Most notabley the voice of Darth Vader and Mufasa in the Lion King)
Click the spinning DEATH STAR. to start the show!
You can also order a free copy on VHS or DVD to share at home with your family and friends. It also makes a great gift! Order your home copy here.Original Press Release:Detroit Zoological Institute debuts an eye opening film: From Animal Showboat to Animal Lifeboat
June 24, 2004 Royal Oak, Mich.- From Animal Showboat to Animal Lifeboat, a documentary about animal welfare, debuts at the Detroit Zoo June 27, 2004. The 26-minute film narrated by actor James Earl Jones, takes an inside look at the lives of animals in the entertainment industry. It also reveals how zoological institutions, like the Detroit Zoological Institute are re-shaping public attitudes and values toward the humane treatment of animals.
“This film may generate some debate about how many animal organizations collect and manage animals. We have a responsibility to constantly examine the way we treat and care for animals. The more we learn about animals the more our practices need to change,” states Ron Kagan, Director of the Detroit Zoological Institute and executive producer and co-writer of the film.
The movie takes viewers on an emotional journey and a behind-the-scenes look at training methods, and conditions that animals must endure for the sake of entertainment. From frogs to elephants and whales, the film profiles lives of animals in circuses, rodeos, private collections, roadside zoos, and even accredited zoos and aquariums.
“The Detroit Zoological Institute has exhibited tremendous leadership in making animal welfare a central focus of its mission,” states Wayne Pacelle, chief executive officer of The Humane Society of the United States. “The facility has blended animal rescue and rehabilitation with its general message of compassion and conservation. Every zoo and aquarium should demonstrate the same level of commitment to the ethical treatment of animals.”
From Animal Showboat to Animal Lifeboat is the ninth in a series of films by ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING Sue Marx Films with the multi-award-winning creative team of Sue Marx, Char DeWolf, and Allyson Rockwell. This film is an initiative of The Madeline Berman Academy for Humane Education. The previous eight films are currently shown in the Wildlife Interpretive Gallery and focus on zoos and their conservation efforts.
From Animal Showboat to Animal Lifeboat will premier on WTVS Detroit Public Television on June 26 at 7 p.m. It will also be in rotation at the Wildlife Interpretive Gallery along with the eight other films during normal zoo hours for no additional fee. The film will also be available for view or download online at www.detroitzoo.org and will be made available to Detroit public schools and libraries.
The Detroit Zoological Institute, founded in 1928, is committed to celebrating and saving wildlife. Situated on 125 acres of naturalistic exhibits, the Zoo is open year round with several indoor viewing areas. The Detroit Zoo is located at the intersection of Ten Mile Road and Woodward Avenue, just off I-696 in Royal Oak. Admission is $10.50 for adults 13 to 61; $8.50 for senior citizens 62 and older and for students ages 2 to 12; and children under two are free. The Detroit Zoological Institute is always looking for volunteers; if interested, please call Sue Kingsepp at (24541-5717. For more information call (24
MEDIA: Beta’s, VHS and DVDs are available upon request.
INTRO:
“Don’t zoos help preserve endangered species?”
Most animals in zoos are not endangered or being prepared for release into natural habitats. In fact, it is nearly impossible to release captive-bred animals into the wild. A report by the World Society for the Protection of Animals showed that only 1,200 out of the 10,000 zoos worldwide are registered for captive breeding and wildlife conservation and that only 2 percent of the world’s threatened or endangered species are registered in breeding programs.
Rather than nurturing animals to thrive in natural settings, zoos place very unnatural restrictions on their residents. For example, in zoos, polar bears are typically confined to spaces that are only one-millionth the size of their minimum home range in the wild. Animals who roam across large distances in nature often exhibit dementia and stereotypical behaviors from boredom when placed in zoo enclosures, endlessly pacing or swimming in circles.
Ultimately, we will only save endangered species by preserving their habitats and protecting them from hunters—not by breeding a few individuals in captivity. Instead of supporting zoos, we should support groups like the International Primate Protection League, the Born Free Foundation, the African Wildlife Foundation, and other organizations that work to preserve habitats, and we should help nonprofit sanctuaries, like Primarily Primates and the Performing Animal Welfare Society, that rescue and care for exotic animals without selling or breeding them.
Source: PETA - visit
WildlifePimps.com +
Belgrade Zoo is one of the worst zoos in the world and has been condemned for many years by every international zoo inspection body ...
Maneka Gandhi
Respected Member of Indian Parliament, honorable animal welfare activist and former Union Minister for Environment and Forests
The International Primate Protection League worked for years on the case of the "Bangkok Six" orangutans starting in 1990 when the six babies and two siamangs were smuggled from
Shirley McGreal, www.IPPL.org
-Although many zoos profess to have conservation on their agenda, it is usually a perfunctory gesture and one which is included to appease their customers. How many zoos reintroduce animals into a more natural environment, following any conservation project? How much money do zoos actually invest in conservation? In any case, imprisoning some animals, to benefit others, is never an acceptable trade-off.
Most animals, like those in Belgrade Zoo, are used purely in the name of entertainment and do not benefit the animal in any way. The conditions in Belgrade Zoo are simply atrocious. The cages and enclosures fall way short of an acceptable standard (if there is such a standard!). The environments are so removed from these animals' natural environments, which will obviously cause repetitive psychotic behaviour: simply driving them mad! Cages and enclosures are incredibly small and offer no stimulation. Seeing large predatory carnivores, like Polar bears, whose home range would cover many kilometres, confined to a barren prison, is unforgivable. Intelligent primates, like Chimpanzees and Orang Utans incarcerated without space to climb and socially interact with others of their species, is heart-breaking. None of the animals in Belgrade Zoo should be there. They should all be re-homed into more suitable sanctuaries, or, where possible, be reintroduced into the wild.
Always for the Animals
Garry Sheen>>>>
(This text is taken from correspondence with Merritt Clifton)
I do not understand the evident lack of attention to the
Belgrade Zoo by the international zoo community.
If I happened to be the head honcho at a respectable zoo, trying to do well by the
animals, I would look at the Belgrade Zoo and others like it as bad
examples whose deficiencies expose all zoos to activist criticism,
and would jump on the situation with both feet, prominently and openly.
I would want to have clearly on record that I do not consider this to be acceptable zoo keeping.
Probably, acceptable zoo keeping can be done at such a site, but would require some rethinking.
be Japanese macaques, who are adapted to cold temperatures (if they
have access to a real or artificial hot spring), and are in overabundance
in parts of
A large outdoor enclosure with vines growing over the rocks of the old castle
and an artificial hot spring could be built at the Belgrade Zoo,
and could be a world-class exhibit.
of other species should be sent elsewhere.
with lots of trees. Maybe the Belgrade Zoo could do that. If not,
it should not have bears. Keeping bears in stark iron cages, of any
size, is just plain inhumane and wrong, and even a five-year-old
should be able to see so.
and the Belgrade Zoo is a bad zoo, made worse by the evident
management neglect of opportunities to improve.
Editor, ANIMAL PEOPLE
(This text is taken from correspondence with Mary Alice Pollard)
I grew up as many of us did, in an age where all zoo's were deemed acceptable –
I am glad that I was different than most children - I remember animals and I felt their pain – I did not feel happy seeing them in cages far too small - I did not feel happy seeing these magnificent wild animals deprived of ALL THAT IS NATURAL to them –
We must work towards a world that is as natural as possible for our captive animals, if they must be captive!
What do I see in the faces of the animals in Belgrade Zoo ?
I see eyes that cry - I see animals bored, with no proper space - I see animals deprived of a proper social activity with their own kind ... I see a zoo that only cares about the money they make - instead of the needs of the animals.
How sad that is - if they cared more for the animals there - then I am sure the popularity and support would double!
This is a zoo who's representatives and staff are obviously not willing to spend the money required to update the facility for the animals there - I believe so strongly that it should be CLOSED DOWN immediately, and the animals moved to a more appropriate, safe and caring facility!
Mary Alice Pollard
Founder,
http://justnicephotos.homestead.com/CVFA.html
(Following text is taken from correspondence with Dana Lynn Cruzan)
They do not like to be stared at.
They love people when they trust you and have to see them thru a cage would not be condusive to them.
Danna Lynn Cruzan aka Angelwolf, Wolf Mountain Sanctuary
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