Closed a hell of a zoo, where he lived "the loneliest elephant in the world"
The staff of the international environmental organization Four Paws said in social networks good news. Scandalously famous zoo Marghazar in Islamabad, Pakistan finally closed: there were taken the last animals. There used to live "the loneliest elephant in the world".
Zoo Marghazar in the Pakistani capital Islamabad closed its doors on Wednesday, when it was abandoned by its last inhabitants of the Himalayan brown bears Buble and suzy, who has lived in captivity for 13 years. 17-year-old bears will go to the reserve in Jordan, where they will take care of the Princess alia Foundation, which founded the eldest daughter of the king.
Singer cher with Kavana, "the loneliest elephant in the world".
The zoo was closed two weeks later after a high-profile campaign to save the 35-year-old elephant Kawana, headed by singer cher and held a charity "Four Paws". The campaign "the loneliest elephant in the world" was transferred to Cambodia.
Cavaan now lives in a spacious sanctuary in Cambodia.
Islamabad zoo founded in 1978 on 10 acres of land as a refuge for native animals. But soon, the zoo has become a tourist attraction and started to take the animals from abroad, which were often brought as gifts.
Elephant Kawana gave the zoo Chapter of Sri Lanka in 1985 to commemorate the new economic ties with Pakistan. Buble and Susie went to the zoo in 2007 when they were both four years. They were taken from the wild cubs and made into dancing bears. With years, the bears have suffered from abuse, they pulled out their teeth so they could not attack trainers, and beaten to force him to dance.
In recent years the welfare of bears again worried because Susie contracted an infection after surgery to remove the tumor. According to the Pakistani newspaper Dawn, after infection on the chest of the bear left a large wound which Pakistani surgeons are unable to close. Susie suffered from pain for several months, until finally, from abroad are not brought surgeons who were able to finish the operation.
Dr. Amir Khalil, a medic from Four Paws, treated bears, said that Susie is also suffering from malnutrition because it is difficult to eat without teeth but Buble revealed an abscess of the tooth, which is unusual for Himalayan bears. Both animals also "show the typical behavior", pointing to years of abuse, including rocking back and forth, a sign of stress and boredom from the content in cramped quarters.
Khalil was her first visit to zoo in 2016 and was then called the detention conditions of "bad". He added that gave some recommendations, but ignored them. According to the documentation, the zoo was once kept 960 animals, but 500 "lost."
Pakistan judge ultimately decided that the remaining animals are required to take abroad because they can't take care of properly.
Two lions were killed during transportation, when zookeepers tried to lure them out of the corral tan haystacks. EN route, killing one ostrich.
Local authorities plan to turn the zoo into the center of wildlife conservation.