Jaguar forgotten in a deplorable zoo in Puerto Rico. Please Help!

Inadequate Zoological Park, Parque de las Ciencias, Bayamon, Puerto Rico

Target:

Ramon Luis Rivera, Alcalde de Bayamon, Parque de las Ciencias, Bayamon, Puerto Rico

Sponsored by:

Julia Feliz and In Defense of Animals, idausa.org

Finally, A video documenting the lives of animals in el Parque de las Ciencias in Bayamon, Puerto Rico... See it with your own eyes!!!!

Vea a estos animales y las condiciones en las que son forzados a vivir aqui:

Click here to watch the video/Haz click para ver el video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqVOpqi0UPI

Also, see the picture to the left? Proof that a Holiday Inn is going to be built in the same park where these animals live yat these animals live in filth.

Primates, Jaguar, raccoons, deer, hippopotamus, and other animals are being kept in primordial cement slabs within a park otherwise known as the Science Park (el Parque de las Ciencias). Many of the animals were placed within a section of this park in the 80s. Other animals have arrived at the park throughout the years due to their confiscation by the Department of Natural Resources (Dept. de Recursos Naturales).

Los Animales en el Parque de las Ciencias son forzados a vivir en condiciones de puro cemento y sumamente minimas. Hoy en dia se reconoce que los animales tienen necesidades como todo humano. Es hora de cuidar a los animales en Puerto Rico.

Pictures of the zoo taken March 30th, 2007, February 24, 2008, and September 2008.
Fotos del zoologico fueron tomadas el 30 de Marzo de 2007, el 24 de Febrero del 2008 y el 11 de Septiembre de 2008.
See http://www.myspace.com/pranimalhelp

I have increased the signature goal for this petition now that the Mayor of Bayamon has stated that, although he does not have any real plans for these animals, there is a possibility to move them to spaces around the city or use them within a fun park that has not even been planned yet. He said that this would possibly happen in 2 years. This interview was reported by the newspaper "Primera Hora"
See: http://www.primerahora.com/noticia/otras_panorama/noticias/cirugia_para_darle__una_nueva_imagen/50347

Although I am appreciative of a response, the mayor still does not understand the basic requirements that animals such as a Jaguar, alligator, and pretty much any other animal that they keep needs biologically, ecologically, and just out of common sense.
Bayamon is a city made up almost entirely by cement, roads, highways, and buildings. There is no acceptable place to keep these animals around the city. Two years for any action to be taken is unacceptable when these animals need help Now! The mayors plans have not even made it onto paper and are just quick responses to appease the masses.

Why should the animals have to keep living in filth and in horrible conditions with barely any space to move WHILE the mayor allows a new HOLIDAY INN (see picture to the left of this petition) to build over 100 rooms, a CASINO, RESTAURANTS, a GYM, Pool, and a CONVENTION ROOMS in the SAME PARK where these animals are kept. He says it will bring TOURISM to the park and the city of BAYAMON...as stated by newspapers in PR. If they have room to build all this, why do they not have room to build modern and spacious enclosures for these animals?

The following links and quotes state that this Hotel is a reality....

As quoted on wikipedia, " Bayamón Holiday Inn Hotel & Tropical Casino at Science Park - Próximamente se estará comenzando la construcción en los predios del Parque de las Ciencias, seria el primer hotel con casino en Bayamón y segundo hotel del mismo.Consta con 118 habitaciones, un casino de 10,000 pies cuadrados, tres salones de actividades, un salón de negocios, gimnasio, dos restaurantes y piscina."

Summary article from El Nuevo Dia on the same hotel:
"Bayamón se apunta un Holiday Inn"
"Nueva hospedería forma parte del rediseño del Parque de las Ciencias Bayamón Holiday Inn Hotel & Tropical Casino at Science Park es el nombre del segundo hotel que se construirá en los próximos años en la Ciudad del Chicharrón, a un costo de $23.8 millones. Ayer el municipio y la cadena hotelera Holiday Inn firmaron un acuerdo para desarrollar este hotel de 118 habitaciones en los predios del Parque de las Ciencias, el cual cuenta con 43 cuerdas de terreno. La firma del acuerdo se..."
mar, 14 de noviembre de 2006

Will these animals have to face the same conditions for the rest of their lives? It is up to YOU to help and have your voice heard on behalf of those who cannot speak for themselves...

NOTICE:

I know that these photos and the conditions in which these animals are in are horrible, but I ask that if you leave a comment, Please do not write any threats or use vulgar language.

Also, if you don't want to write your real name, consider writing your initials or set to sign under anonymous.

Vulgar language, fake names, and threats hinder our work to help these animals.

Thank you!

To See More Pictures of the Zoo, visit this site:
Para ver más Fotos de los Animales, Vean esta Pagina:
http://www.myspace.com/pranimalhelp

These animals deserve better.
Estos animales merecen una vida mejor.

Please Sign This Petition For These Animals!

What else can you do to help?

Click here:

http://www.myspace.com/pranimalhelp

NOTICE:

I know that these photos and the conditions in which these animals are in are horrible, but I ask that if you leave a comment, Please do not write any threats or use vulgar language.

Also, if you don't want to write your real name, consider writing your initials or set to sign under anonymous.

Vulgar language, fake names, and threats hinder our work to help these animals.

Thank you!

As a child I visited el Parque de las Ciencias during school field trips. I had fond memories of a place where you could learn about space, see the stars and planets within a planetarium, and even look at animals all in one day.

About a year ago, I returned to the same park. I was very disappointed when I got to the zoological portion and saw animals within cement enclosures with barely any room to move in.

El Parque de las Ciencias is top 3 on the list of recreations within the city of Bayamon, Puerto Rico. I do commend the city of Bayamon, Puerto Rico for establishing a park where future generations can learn about the sciences. However, the conditions of the animals that are being kept are unacceptable.

Today, as a concerned animal advocate, I, along the undersigned concerned public, call upon Mayor (Alcalde) Ramon Luis Rivera:

- To investigate all the claims that have been brought about the conditions that these animals are being kept in.

-To investigate why el Parque de las Ciencias's zoological portion remains open when the park cannot obviously provide spacious enclosures like modern zoos are able to.

-To investigate why the zoological portion of the park remains open when the Parque de las Ciencias has been repeatedly described for:

It's inability unable to provide adequate food or water sources for the animals.

Its inabiliy to provide enclosures that are clean and safe for animals to live in.

Its failure to provide public barriers keeping the visitors from being able to come in contact with the animals.

Its failure to provide environment enrichment to its primates, including failure to provide proper social groups for primates.

-To investigate why park staff have been able to hand-raise a capuchin monkey within their home and failed to mention this to the USDA.

Above all, We the undersigned ask for Mayor (Alcalde) Ramon Luis Rivera:

-To work along el Parque de las Ciencias to establish appropriate and natural habitats that will allow enough space (as required by law) for each individual animal to be able to live in adequately with enough room to move and exercise. The use of bare cement slab cages and enclosures with trash and nothing but trees is unacceptable.

-To work along el Parque de las Ciencias and unaffiliated biologists to establish whether or not these animals are receiving sufficient social, mental, and physical stimulation.

-If this is not possible, we call upon Mayor Ramon Luis Rivera to order the closure of the zoological portion of the park and to send the animals to sanctuaries in their native countries or to establishments that are more suited to attend to these animals and their welfare.

For more detailed descriptions of descriptions of this "mini-zoo" by the USDA, please visit:

http://www.wildlifepimps.com/ParqueDe.html

We, the undersigned, will not visit or let our children visit the park until these issues are resolved.

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We signed the "Inadequate Zoological Park, Parque de las Ciencias, Bayamon, Puerto Rico" petition!

# 2,764:

10:15 am PDT, Jul 5, Neyda RIOS, Massachusetts
POR FAVOR SAQUEN A ESOS ANIMALES DE AHI Y PONGANLO EN UN LUGAR ADECUADO PARA ELLOS. LOS ANIMALES SUFREN Y SIENTEN. AL ALCALDE Q. HAGA ALGO PARA AYUDARLOS DE TODO CORAZON SE LO PEDIMOS O AL GOBIERNO DE PUERTO RICO U ESTADOS UNIDOS.

# 2,763:

5:02 pm PDT, Jun 29, Natividad Rios, Massachusetts

# 2,762:

3:05 pm PDT, Jun 27, Name not displayed, Colorado

# 2,761:

2:30 pm PDT, Jun 13, Ebeleen Colon, New York
Estimado Alcalde, Es de suma importancia y urgencia que usted como oficial elegido empieze el proceso de humanizar las condiciones de dichos animales los cuales se encuentren en su zologico. Entiendo que los tiempos estan dificiles pero los animales no tienen culpa. Ademas el zologico puede ser una fuente de ingreso economico para la region en que se encuentra. Esto es si las condiciones de viviendas de los anmimales mejoran, muchos mas turistas internos y del externo visitarian el zologico. Confio que usted haga todo lo posible para mejorar la vida de estos animales. Muchas Gracias Ebeleen Colon

# 2,760:

9:50 pm PDT, Jun 10, Name not displayed, Puerto Rico

# 2,759:

12:58 pm PDT, Jun 9, Anja Sankovic, Slovenia

# 2,758:

6:36 am PDT, May 31, Catherine Andino Santiago, Puerto Rico

# 2,757:

1:22 am PDT, May 25, Katrin Finsterbusch, Germany

# 2,756:

11:01 am PDT, May 19, Gloria Mendoza, Puerto Rico
Si los van a encerrar, al menos tengan condiciones favorables y aptas para ellos

# 2,755:

7:37 am PDT, May 19, Frances Lo� Fuentes, Puerto Rico
Estos animales no son para nuestro disfrute, son animales que por derecho natural merecen ser libres o cuanto menos ser tratados dignamente.

# 2,754:

7:28 am PDT, May 10, Carolina Martinez, Spain

# 2,753:

6:03 am PDT, May 7, Luis Morales, Puerto Rico

# 2,752:

9:05 pm PDT, Apr 26, Name not displayed, Texas
I Believe that the mayor should do something about this is sad the fact that this animals have to live like this. and building a hotel is not going to help. come on think about it.

# 2,751:

6:10 pm PDT, Apr 15, Michelle Santin, Florida

# 2,750:

7:37 pm PDT, Mar 28, Mary Strobridge, New York

# 2,749:

9:21 pm PDT, Mar 26, KRISTIAN BERMUDEZ, Puerto Rico

# 2,748:

1:27 pm PDT, Mar 23, Heather Wolf, Washington
"Animals are now more than ever a test of our character, of mankind's capacity for empathy and for decent, honorable conduct and faithful stewardship. We are called to treat them with kindness, not because they have rights or power or some claim to equality, but in a sense because they don't; because they all stand unequal and powerless before us." Matthew Scully - Dominion

# 2,747:

12:21 am PDT, Mar 20, Marina Andersson, Sweden

# 2,746:

3:22 pm PDT, Mar 19, Rebecca Fulco, New Jersey

# 2,744:

2:49 am PDT, Mar 18, Therry Jackson, Germany

# 2,745:

2:17 am PDT, Mar 18, Anna Hickl, Germany

# 2,743:

9:42 am PDT, Mar 17, Twyla Sparks, Indiana

# 2,742:

8:16 am PDT, Mar 17, Julie Zserdin, Tennessee
This horror has to stop NOW!!

# 2,741:

10:50 am PDT, Mar 15, Tricia Cox, Pennsylvania

# 2,740:

10:30 pm PDT, Mar 11, Lori Mecca, Florida
Animals need natural habitat to thrive. Concrete and bars and isolation from other members of their species is no life. Please work to change the conditions that captive animals are subjected to. They deserve freedom, socialization, comfort, and to have their basic needs met 24/7. No matter how long an animal is captive, they are wild...so, in captivity, they are trapped. Please fight for their quality of life.

# 2,739:

8:12 am PDT, Mar 11, Travis Wheelwright, Washington
Fix this problem, there is no reason for these animals to be treated so horribly.

# 2,738:

9:29 am PST, Mar 7, Bruna Monami, Italy

# 2,737:

8:34 pm PST, Mar 3, Name not displayed, Puerto Rico
I love my country but one thing they do need to learn is how to treat and respect animals in general, whether they are pets or in a zoo. I agree...these animals need to be helped.

# 2,736:

6:05 pm PST, Mar 3, Mary Brooks, Kentucky

# 2,735:

10:14 am PST, Feb 25, M Coe, United Kingdom

# 2,734:

7:43 pm PST, Feb 24, Leslie Correa, New York
Hello I belong to the wildlife conservation society In NY. I donate money every year to be able to enjoy the zoos and aquariums of NY. I visited Puerto Rico in Feb and was looking for zoos and botanical gardens to be able to enjoy the natural beauty of an island where my ancestors were born. I left Puerto Rico wanting to do my part to enhance the natural beauty of a very popular Caribbean Island. My Island. I want to help!

# 2,733:

11:02 am PST, Feb 17, Name not displayed, Puerto Rico

# 2,732:

6:54 am PST, Feb 17, Rebecca Stache, Germany

# 2,731:

5:48 am PST, Feb 9, Noel Rodr�guez, Puerto Rico

# 2,730:

3:23 pm PST, Feb 5, VIVIAN BEAUCHAMP, Puerto Rico
I personally went to the park yesterday and the condition those animal are in is sort of pathetic. The zoo in Mayaguez gives your zoo 100 kicks in the butt. Mira ver si sacas esos animales de su sufrimiento y envialos pa' Mayaguez.

# 2,729:

7:12 pm PST, Jan 28, Sharon Carlaine, Puerto Rico
This zoo is horrible, and is in no way natural or good to it's anima;s. We do not need more talks, we need it shut down.

# 2,728:

1:10 pm PST, Jan 28, Lyanne Denisse Luna, Puerto Rico

# 2,727:

8:45 am PST, Jan 28, Lisa Lewis, North Carolina

# 2,726:

9:54 pm PST, Jan 12, Durty South Drew, Florida

# 2,725:

9:49 am PST, Jan 12, Zofia Kurylowicz, Canada
Treat the animals the way you want to be treated. And remember: what goes around - comes around.

# 2,724:

9:59 pm PST, Jan 11, Aquiria Santiago, Puerto Rico

# 2,723:

9:34 pm PST, Jan 11, Daniel Guzman, Puerto Rico

# 2,722:

8:23 pm PST, Jan 11, Natalia Ruiz, Puerto Rico

# 2,721:

5:51 pm PST, Jan 8, Name not displayed, Puerto Rico
Es una verguenza ver semejante maltrato, he visitado el parque en 3 ocasiones y lo que da es ganas de llorar ver como tienen a los animales en condiciones deplorables. Espero que si hay terreno para hacer hoteles entonces encuentren terreno para ampliar y mejorar las facilidades en las que mantienen a los animales.

# 2,720:

5:39 pm PST, Jan 8, Joann Torres, Louisiana
Dear Mayor, I have painfully seen the animals at the Parque de las Ciencias and I can only say that it is a shame that having the resources to make better living conditions for these animals nothing has been done. You should be aware that this matter has become very public, it is of international knowledge leaving a lot to be desired about the town of Bayamon and the island of Puerto Rico. The international perspective right now is of how much animal abuse there is in such an island that is supposed to be a paradise, for me as a tourist makes me think twice about going on vacation there knowing that such cruelty is rampant and so blantantly allowed by the government. The conditions in which the animals are kept are unacceptable. If proper ecologically adequate shelter and space cannot be given to these animals then they should be transferred to zoo's that can provide them and not be tortured like they are being right now. Any living creature deserves a better life and these poor animals deserve better. I can only hope that you will take matters into your own hands and help improve the conditions in which these animals are kept. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

# 2,719:

8:50 pm PST, Jan 4, CF Tseng, Taiwan
This zoo is making the animals sick. If this zoo is incapable of making animals happy and healthy, it should be shut down.

# 2,718:

2:30 pm PST, Jan 2, Johanna Ortiz, Puerto Rico

# 2,717:

5:41 am PST, Dec 31, Keila Rodriguez, Puerto Rico

# 2,716:

3:43 pm PST, Dec 28, Jennifer Gardner, Florida

# 2,715:

7:25 pm PST, Dec 27, Name not displayed, Puerto Rico
Es una verguenza las pocas facilidades que hay con tanto espacio disponible

# 2,714:

3:56 pm PST, Dec 20, Eva Flores, Puerto Rico
Please, treat those beautiful animals like living creatures. Give them proper care, food and love!!!!!. That is cruelty, now in Puerto Rico is against the law the cruelty against animals. Proper care is not so expensive and it cut veterinarian services if you keep them clean, with water, food and shelter Thank You Eva

# 2,712:

1:39 am PST, Dec 17, Celine Bahlinger, France

# 2,711:

1:07 am PST, Dec 11, Asli Gedik, Germany

# 2,710:

12:05 am PST, Dec 10, Lady Flipper, Mexico

# 2,709:

10:10 pm PST, Dec 8, Kate S, Florida

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4:59 pm PST, Dec 7, Name not displayed, Washington

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11:51 am PST, Dec 7, Suvra Das, United Kingdom

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9:51 am PST, Dec 7, Mia Huolman, Finland

# 2,705:

7:17 pm PST, Dec 6, Molly Manal, Saudi Arabia

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8:40 am PST, Dec 6, SL VSL, Bulgaria

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7:08 am PST, Dec 6, Eckart Freihoeffer, Germany

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4:11 am PST, Dec 6, Anne Marie Sens Fuziy, Brazil

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4:38 pm PST, Dec 5, Bobbi Ostrander, Wisconsin

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