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Endangered Species

Animals (tags: tigers, zoos, parasite, deaths, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 705 days ago - thenews.com.pk

Tigers today are an endangered species, with no more than 6,000 or so of the magnificent beasts left in the wild, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF). But perhaps nowhere are they more threatened than at the Lahore zoo, where at least seven

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Pastor Tim Redfern (526)

Tuesday January 15, 2008, 6:58 pm
"at least" seven tigers dead since 1992,
because of a blood parasite.
In a zoo.
With veterinarians available.
This is criminal negligence.
I'll tell you, Cher, I'm getting
closer all the time to wanting to
see zoos outlawed. It won't take
many more stories like this one to
get me started.
Thanks!'noted.

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