Lioness declawed at Palestinian zoo.

[Satanica]

Thank you to Sugar cookie.

The zoo decided to do this to make an interactive exhibit where children can "play" with the lion. The lion is only 14 months old. This was not a surgical declawing like you see idiots having done to housecats here but a really, really close clip. Even that resulted in a bloody paw that had to have stitches. The lion suffered needlessly on what we would call a marketing ploy to get more business. It's sickening.

Here's a video of the procedure.

Lion is declawed by Palestinian zoo so visitors can 'play' with it

A young lioness has been barbarically maimed at the Rafah Zoo in the Gaza strip, with her claws being clipped off with a pair of shears so that she can bring 'smiles and happiness to children.'

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Sevens My Charm]

Thank you to Sugar cookie.

The zoo decided to do this to make an interactive exhibit where children can "play" with the lion. The lion is only 14 months old. This was not a surgical declawing like you see idiots having done to housecats here but a really, really close clip. Even that resulted in a bloody paw that had to have stitches. The lion suffered needlessly on what we would call a marketing ploy to get more business. It's sickening.

Here's a video of the procedure.

Lion is declawed by Palestinian zoo so visitors can 'play' with it

A young lioness has been barbarically maimed at the Rafah Zoo in the Gaza strip, with her claws being clipped off with a pair of shears so that she can bring 'smiles and happiness to children.'

www.dailymail.co.uk

I hope she fucking eats at least 2 of those mf’s before it’s said and done.. playful huh.. I think it’s practice for payback.. if not it SHOULD BE

 

[Satanica]

From the desk of Sugar Cookie.

Dozens of neglected animals have been rescued from 'terrible conditions' at a squalid Gaza zoo in the fourth and largest such mission in the blockaded Palestinian enclave.

About 40 animals, including an emaciated wolf and painfully thin-looking lions, were evacuated from the park in the southern town of Rafah and taken into Israel.

The animals, which also included, foxes, monkeys, pelicans and ostriches, will be resettled in sanctuaries in Jordan and South Africa.

'The zoo has been in a bad situation in recent years due to economic and political turmoil,' said Amir Khalil, a veterinarian from the Vienna-based Four Paws International, which carried out Sunday's rescue. 'Most of the animals had a sort of traumatization.'

In January, four lion cubs died in the Rafah zoo. The owner later released grisly footage showing a lioness being declawed, in an apparent effort to push the organization to speed up the evacuation process.

Many of the animals were smuggled into Gaza via tunnels beneath the southern border with Egypt, which along with Israel has blockaded the territory since the Hamas militant group seized power there in 2007.
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Animals kept in captivity have suffered from a combination of neglect and lack of resources on the part of zookeepers.

Some died of cold and hunger in makeshift zoos as keepers failed to provide adequate care, while others were killed during the 50-day war in 2014.

Uri Madar, agriculture coordinator for the Israeli body responsible for the crossings with the Gaza Strip, said COGAT 'sees this evacuation as a mission of ethics, and will continue working in support of animal welfare in the Gaza Strip.'
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Four Paws International has carried out four rescue operations and has sent numerous medical missions to treat animals and birds in Gaza.

Two other zoos have closed since Four Paws removed their animals, while animals are still being held in poor conditions at three other zoos.
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Lot of photos and a video at the link.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...fare-group-evacuates-40-animals-Gaza-zoo.html

 

[Sejanus]

I hate zoos and I hate that part of the world. Just drop the bombs