Crocodile Stoned To Death By Visitors At Tunis Zoo
03/03/2017 12:59 am ET | Updated 1 day ago
Crocodile Stoned To Death By Visitors At Tunis Zoo
“You cannot imagine what animals endure,” says vet.
By Mary Papenfuss
Less than a week after after reports that beloved hippo Gustavito was fatally beaten at an El Salvador zoo by nighttime mystery attackers, a crocodile was stoned to death by visitors at a Tunisia zoo.
Belvedere Zoo spectators hurled rocks at the crocodile’s head Tuesday, a zoo veterinarian said. Tunis city officials denounced the “savage behavior” and posted photos of the dead animal on Facebook showing a paving slab and large rock next to the crocodile’s bloodied head. The animal died of an internal hemorrhage.
“It’s terrible, you cannot imagine what animals endure from some visitors,” zoo veterinarian Amor Ennaifer told Agence France-Presse. Ennaifer said people often hurl rocks into the animals’ enclosures, frequently targeting lions and hippos. He said problems increase during school holidays.
“There are more than 150 species in the zoo. We can’t put a guard in front of each cage,” he said. “People need to be aware of the need to respect animals.”
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/crocodile-stoning-tunis_us_58b8e9b8e4b0d2821b4d0670?section=us_crime
There has to be some place on our planet where helpless animals are safe from human acts of hatred.
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